A cosmic hawk and its starry eyasses π¦
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A cosmic hawk and its starry eyasses

What looks like a hawk spanning its wings above massive newly born stars is the RCW 36 nebula.
Now, a team of astronomers has used, yes, the HAWK-I instrument on our VLT to study the very dim stars called brown dwarfs hidden in the nebula and how they form: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2609a/
ESO/A. R. G. do Brito do Vale et al.#astrodon #astronomy #astrophysics #space #science

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