Clouded Star Birth at Lupus 3 | ESO

Clouded Star Birth at Lupus 3 | ESO

ESOcast 148 Light:  In the star-forming region Lupus 3, in the constellation of Scorpius (The Scorpion), dazzlingly hot stars are born from collapsing masses of gas and dust.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Editing: Nico Bartmann

Web and technical support: Mathias André and Raquel Yumi Shida

Written by: Nicole Shearer and Richard Hook

Footage and photos: ESO, R. Colombari, Digitized Sky Survey 2, N. Risinger, M. Kornmesser, NASA, SDO, L.Calcada, B. Tafreshi, G. Lombardi  

Directed by: Nico Bartmann

Executive producer: Lars Lindberg Christensen

Duration: 1 minute, 19 seconds

Release Date: January 31, 2018

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