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The Young Stellar Cluster IC 2391

This is a `true colour' ROSAT image of the young stellar cluster IC 2391 (data taken from the ROSAT data archive; see Patten & Simon 1993, ApJ 415, L123 for a detailed analysis of this observation). The radius of the field of view is 1 degree.

IC 2391

From Dr. Thomas Preibisch, Astronomisches Institut, Würzburg, Germany.


Curator: Michael Arida (ADNET); arida@milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov
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