Celestial Beacon Sheds New Light on Stellar Nursery

Gemini Observatory/NSF/AURA/J. Lomberg

Celestial Beacon Sheds New Light on Stellar Nursery

shows a more distant view of the system, and depicts how light from the brightened star and disk illuminate the surrounding outflow cavity. This is what we see as McNeil's Nebula.

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