by Ann » Sat May 10, 2014 5:44 am
That's so fascinating!
To me, the Flame Nebula looks relatively "substantial". It is lit up from within, not lit up by a single hot massive star in the vicinity. So it is interesting to see that there are so many stars inside, but at the same time, it is interesting to see that there does not appear to be any really massive stars inside. It looks like a rich site of low-mass star formation. Will low-mass star formation produce such a bright nebula?
It could well be, of course, that some of the stars are more massive than I think they are. I really don't know how X-ray emission is related to stellar mass, if it is related at all.
So star formation progresses from the periphery to the center? I would never have guessed.
Ann
That's so fascinating!
To me, the Flame Nebula looks relatively "substantial". It is lit up from within, not lit up by a single hot massive star in the vicinity. So it is interesting to see that there are so many stars inside, but at the same time, it is interesting to see that there does not appear to be any really massive stars inside. It looks like a rich site of low-mass star formation. Will low-mass star formation produce such a bright nebula?
It could well be, of course, that some of the stars are more massive than I think they are. I really don't know how X-ray emission is related to stellar mass, if it is related at all.
So star formation progresses from the periphery to the center? I would never have guessed.
Ann