CANADA: A meticulous analysis of deep space images taken by high-tech telescopes and arrays has enabled astronomers to witness the formation of a massive new star, dubbed W75N (B)-VLA 2.
Two images of the massive young star, captured eighteen years apart by the National Science Foundation’s Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array, provided astronomers with one of a kind “real time” look at how stars form and develop.
The first image of the star in question was taken in 1996 and another in 2014. According to the astronomers’ estimates, the star is forming nearly 4200 light years away from Earth.
Carlos Carrasco-Gonzalez of the Mexico-based National Autonomous University’s Center of Radioastronomy & Astrophysics, called the comparison between the two images ‘remarkable’.
Speaking on the topic, Carrasco-Gonzalez said, “The comparison is remarkable we’re seeing this dramatic change in real time, so this object is providing us an exciting opportunity to watch over the next few years as a very young star goes through the early stages of its formation.”
While the first image shows a compact region of very hot, ionized wind coming from the young massive star, the second image depicts the wind shifting to an elongated outflow. The star is nearly six times larger than our Sun.
As the number of powerful telescopes is one the increase, astronomers are optimistic that they will be able to find other celestial objects evolving over time.
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