Archivo: Lupus 3 dark cloud

Descripción: This evocative image shows a dark cloud where new stars are forming along with a cluster of brilliant stars that have already emerged from their dusty stellar nursery. This cloud is known as Lupus 3 and it lies about 600 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Scorpius (The Scorpion). It is likely that the Sun formed in a similar star formation region more than four billion years ago. This picture was taken with the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile and is the best image ever taken of this little-known object.
Título: Lupus 3 dark cloud
Créditos: http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1303a/; see also https://www.flickr.com/photos/esoastronomy/8385568523/
Autor(a): ESO/F. Comeron
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Licencia: CC BY 4.0
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