Star Formation
The movie above again shows the "background" of un-obscured starlight, with the pink layer showing the instantaneous rate of formation of new stars in the gas. You can see it closely traces where the CO emission is coming from.
The movie above again shows the "background" of un-obscured starlight, with the pink layer showing the instantaneous rate of formation of new stars in the gas. You can see it closely traces where the CO emission is coming from.