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November 5, 2010
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Artist's conception of formation of the massive proto-star W33A.
Artist's conception of W33A showing the accretion disk (yellow/orange), torus (dark ring around disk) and bi-polar outflow jets (blue) within the dense clouds of its stellar nursery.
Credit: Gemini Observatory, artwork by Lynette Cook
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