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Infrared Coronet Cluster
While perhaps not quite as well known as its star formation cousin of Orion, the Corona Australis region (containing, at its heart, the Coronet cluster) is one of the nearest and most active regions of ongoing star formation. The Spitzer image shows young stars plus diffuse emission from dust.
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| About the Object (1) | | Object name: | Coronet Cluster | | Object type: | star cluster | | Position (J2000): | RA: 19h 01m 45.00s Dec: -36° 58' 9.00" | | Distance: | 424 light-years | | Constellation: | Corona Australis |
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Spitzer Data
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| Image Credit: | NASA/JPL-Caltech/L. Allen (CfA) and the IRAC GTO team | | Instrument: | IRAC + MIPS | | Wavelength: | 4.5 microns (blue), 8.0 microns (green), and 24 microns (red) | | Image scale: | 16.8 x 16.8 arcmin | | Release Date: | 2007/09/13 |
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