Wednesday, May 2, 2012

JCMT: The first detailed image of filamentary structure in Orion A cloud

The first detailed image of filamentary structure traced in the Northern part of the Orion A cloud, showing where the stars are forming from clumps of cold gas and dust. 

The ability to image condensations of cold dust with the earlier SCUBA camera, and more recently with SCUBA-2, has made the JCMT one of the choice instruments in the world for studying the earliest stages of star formation.

Credit: Johnstone et al.

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