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After the lecture: Astronomer Kelsey Johnson
Kelsey Johnson is an astronomer at the University of Virginia.
Credit: University of Virginia
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The Antennae galaxies, shown in visible light in a Hubble image (upper image), were studied with NSF-funded ALMA, revealing extensive clouds of molecular gas (center right image). One cloud (bottom image) is incredibly dense and massive, yet apparently star free, suggesting it is a globular cluster about to be born. The cloud would be the first "prenatal" globular cluster ever identified.
Credit: NASA/ESA Hubble, B. Whitmore (STScI); K. Johnson, U.Va.; ALMA (NRAO/ESO/NAOJ); B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF).
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