IRAS 13481-6124 Wall Art Size:LARGE (24 x 24) revealing the lobes and jets

revealing the lobes and jets emanating from the active galaxy’s central black hole

8 degrees)

a cluster of dark clouds called "Bok" globules resides at the top

flattened disk encircling the newborn star

and the total mass of gas and dust clouds is that of about 140 000 Suns

IRAS 13481-6124 Wall Art Size:LARGE (24 x 24) revealing the lobes and jetsThe object IRAS 13481 6124 (the bright "star" upper left), which consists of a young central star, about twenty times the mass of our Sun and five times its radius, surrounded by its pre natal cocoon, is the first massive baby star for which astronomers could obtain an image of a dusty disc closely encircling it, providing direct evidence that massive stars do form in the same way as their smaller brethren and closing an enduring debate. From archival