Star Formation Everywhere You Look

NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA2011-06-24

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This image from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer highlights several star-forming regions. There are five distinct centers of star birth in this one image alone. The largest, brightest cloud, in the upper right is known as Gum 22.

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Title: Star Formation Everywhere You Look
Creator: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA
Date Created: 2011-06-24
Rights: JPL

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