Snowflake Cluster (Gallery Explorer) - NASA Spitzer Space Telescope

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08.12.08

Snowflake Cluster (Gallery Explorer)

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A group of baby stars form a "stellar snowflake" in Spitzer's observations of a dusty region near the Cone Nebula.

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