Plunge into a Stellar Ocean: The IC4701 Nebula | ESO
The IC4701 nebula is part of a rich and vast complex of dust and gas within which new stars spring to life. When stars are born, most of them are cooler, redder, and less massive than our own Sun. Hotter, more massive stars are much rarer, and they quickly burn through all their fuel and die. This makes these brilliant blue and massive stars, and their surrounding glowing gas, beacons of recent star formation.
Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)/VPHAS+ team
Acknowledgement: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
Release Date: March 6, 2023
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