Star-forming Region RCW 108 in Ara | ESO

Star-forming Region RCW 108 in Ara | ESO

RCW 108 is a molecular cloud that is in the process of being destroyed by intense ultraviolet radiation from heavy and hot stars in the nearby stellar cluster NGC 6193, seen to the left in the photo. The photo shows the RCW 108 complex of bright and dark nebulae in the southern association Ara OB1, a star-forming region in the constellation Ara (the Altar), deep in the southern sky. 

Distance: 4,000 light years

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Release Date: April 30, 1999

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