A Herschel image of the HII region RCW 120, highlighting the newly detected young stars at the borders of the ionizing bubble. The massive protostar, with mass 8-10 times that of the Sun is visible on the lower edge of the bubble, to the right. This color-composite image combines observations at wavelengths of 100 µm (red; PACS), 160 µm (green; PACS) and 250 µm (blue; SPIRE).
Photo credit: ESA, PACS & SPIRE Consortia, A. Zavagno (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille) for the Herschel HOBYS and Evolution of Interstellar Dust Key Programmes
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