Star Birth and Gemini Multi-Object Spectograph Hawaii

Sharpless 2-106 as imaged by the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph on the Gemini North telescope on Mauna Kea in Hawai‘i.

This color composite image shows the nursery of a massive star (hidden within the cloud) obtained with four narrow-band optical filters available for Gemini users at both Gemini North and South.

Credit: Gemini Observatory/AURA/Travis Rector (U. Alaska Anchorage)