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ESO Press Release 15/03

16 June 2003                                               [ESO Logo]

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Curtain-Lifting Winds Allow Rare Glimpse into Massive Star Factory

Part 3 of 3

More information

The research described in this press release is presented in a
research article, which recently appeared in the European research
journal Astronomy & Astrophysics ("Infrared observations of NGC 3603
III. The enigmatic, highly reddened sources of IRS 9" by Dieter
Nuernberger). It is available on the web as HTML-, PDF- and
PS-formatted files.

Notes

[1] According to a somewhat arbitrary definition, astronomers talk
about low-mass stars (less than 3 solar masses), intermediate-mass
stars (from 3 to 8 solar masses) and high-mass stars (more than 8
solar masses). 1 solar mass =3D 1.99 10^30 kg.

[2] Individual parts of this major research project were performed by
Dieter N=FCrnberger in collaboration with Leonardo Bronfman
(Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile), Monika Petr-Gotzens, Thomas
Stanke (MPIfR, Bonn, Germany), Harold Yorke (JPL, Pasadena,
California, USA) and Hans Zinnecker (AIP, Potsdam, Germany).

Contact

Dieter Nuernberger
ESO-Santiago
Chile
Phone: +56 2 463-3080
email: dnuernbe{at}eso.org

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