... Science User Portal . ... ESO, the European Southern Observatory . ... Weekend Visits to the ALMA OSF . ... Survey Telescopes . ... ALMA . ... Star Clusters . ... 2016 . 2015 . 2014 . ... Stars@ESO . ... Although HD 97300 is in the spotlight for now, the very dust that makes it so hard to miss heralds the birth of additional, potentially scene-stealing, future stars. eso1604 тАФ Science Release . ... 31 March 2016 тАФ ann16021 . ... 29 March 2016 тАФ ann16020 . ... 29 March 2016 тАФ ann16019 . ...
... 2015 April 6 . NGC 3293: A Bright Young Star Cluster . ... Open cluster NGC 3293 is located in the constellation Carina , lies at a distance of about 8000 light years , and has a particularly high abundance of these young bright stars. A study of NGC 3293 implies that the blue stars are only about 6 million years old, whereas the cluster's dimmer, redder stars appear to be about 20 million years old. If true, star formation in this open cluster took at least 15 million years. ...