Coronet Cluster is Star-Making Hotspot (Chandra)
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Coronet Cluster is Star-Making Hotspot (Chandra)
The Corona Australis region -- containing, at its heart, the Coronet Cluster -- is one of the nearest and most active regions of ongoing star formation. At only about 420 light years away, the Coronet is over three times closer than the Orion Nebula is to Earth. The Coronet contains a loose cluster of a few dozen young stars with a wide range of masses and at various stages of evolution.
Image credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/CfA/J. Forbrich; Infrared: NASA/Spitzer/CfA/L. Allen
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