It is the image of Corona Australis Molecular Cloud in C18O with Nanten Radio Telescope of Nagoya University.
Corona Australis Molecular Cloud is in distance 130 pc and is the middle-low mass star formation region.
Old observation showed that the star was produced actively in the lump (molecular cloud core) of the top (north) of a figure.
However, by this observation, it became clear that some lumps exist besides it.
By courtesy of Y.Yonekura (Osaka Prefecture Univ.)
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