This page describes an image Stellar birth environment
Image caption:
Snapshot of the formation of multiple protostars in the Orion Molecular Clouds with a closer look at each of them with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array and Very Large Array. Such an image provides unique insights of the process and early stages of star formation as well as the influence of the parent cloud in which they form.
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Image credit:
ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), J. Tobin; NRAO/AUI/NSF, S. Dagnello; Herschel/ESA Credit Link
Related glossary terms:
Protostar
, Star Formation
Categories:
Milky Way and Interstellar Medium
, Stars
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Image caption: Istantanea della formazione di più protostelle nelle nubi molecolari di Orione, con uno sguardo ravvicinato a ciascuna di esse con l'Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array e il Very Large Array. Questa immagine offre una visione unica del processo e delle prime fasi di formazione delle stelle, nonché dell'effetto della nube madre in cui si formano.
Image credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), J. Tobin; NRAO/AUI/NSF, S. Dagnello; Herschel/ESA
Related glossary terms: Formazione delle stelle , Protostella Caption translation status: Approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: Giuliana Giobbi
Caption reviewers: Rosa Valiante, Rodolfo Canestrari
