Hubble captures stellar nursery LH 95 with thousands of young stars
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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured a new image of LH 95, a star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy orbiting the Milky Way. The image shows brilliant blue and white stars against glowing crimson hydrogen clouds. Researchers identified approximately 2,500 pre-main-sequence stars that have accumulated nearly all their mass but have not yet begun nuclear fusion. The observations confirmed that a young star’s accretion rate slows as it ages, and that this process can continue for several million years. LH 95 contains multiple generations of stars, including a massive star with 60 to 70 times the Sun’s mass that appears about one million years younger than its neighbors. The region is valuable to astronomers because it is relatively nearby and less obscured by dust than similar regions within the Milky Way.
What’s reported
Hubble captured a spectacular view of LH 95, a star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
The image shows brilliant blue and white stars against glowing crimson hydrogen gas.
Researchers identified approximately 2,500 pre-main-sequence stars that have not yet begun nuclear fusion.
The observations confirmed that a young star’s accretion rate slows as it ages and can continue for several million years.
LH 95 contains multiple generations of stars living side by side.
The region’s most massive star contains 60 to 70 times the Sun’s mass and appears about one million years younger than its neighbors.
LH 95 is relatively nearby and less obscured by dust than similar regions within the Milky Way.
Sources: ScienceDaily
