Star-forming region in the constellation Aquila
Star-forming region in the constellation Aquila
The image, acquired by the Herschel Space Observatory, shows a star-forming region in the approximately 10,000-light-year distant interstellar molecular cloud W48 in the constellation Aquila. A number of already-evolved stars are visible, together with bright areas and dark gas clouds in which the star formation process has just begun. Such star formation processes have now been precisely dated for the first time using the GREAT instrument on SOFIA.
