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The Galactic H II region and reflection nebula NGC 1579, illuminated by the unusual emission-line star LkH101, a Herbig Ae/Be star, the high stellar mass analogs to the low mass, pre-main sequence stars, such as T Tauri . The cluster of objects surrounding LkH101 are lower-mass stars forming in the same molecular cloud.

This image is three-band composite constructed from 2MASS Atlas Images. They are infrared images and therefore must be mapped into false colors: J light (1.2 µm) into blue, H light (1.6 µm) in green, and Ks light (2.2 µm) into red. The Atlas Images are produced in the 2MASS Production Processing System. North is up and east is to the left.

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 Last Modified On: Sunday, December 17, 2000