Fact Sheet
Crowning Glory
The Coronet Cluster, a "nursery" that is giving birth to new stars in Corona Australis, the southern crown, shines brightly in this composite infrared and X-ray image. The X-rays, in purple, show the hottest stars in the cluster, while the infrared highlights the clouds of gas and dust that are collapsing to form more stars. The images were obtained with the Chandra X-Ray Obsservatory and Spitzer Space Telescope. [NASA/CXC/CfA/J.Forbrich et al.; NASA/SSC/CfA/IRAC GTO Team]
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