Which newly deployed telescope is going to help us understand the formation of stars better than ever before?
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A telescope sensitive to mm radiation can therefore be used to observe nebulas in which stars are on the verge of forming. | |
05 Oct 1999 17 Citations | With the proposed adaptive optics system, this new telescope is expected to resolve diffraction limited images, approximately an order of magnitude better than present seeing. |
These findings will help to constrain the formation of massive stars. | |
The finding of a significant number of newly identified early-type star candidates at the Galactic center suggests that young, massive stars can be found throughout the entire cluster which may require us to modify existing theories for star formation at the Galactic center. | |
The presence of such a star within W51 shows that star formation has been underway for at least 3 Myr, while the formation of massive O stars is still on going. | |
The combination of old and recent activity implies that star formation has been going on for at least 20 Myr, which is difficult to understand considering the location of this object, where external triggers are either absent or weak, compared to the inner Galaxy. | |
Regardless of the star formation method, it appears certain that this group of stars is a coeval formation of various mass stars. |
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