Morning! All bright-tailed and bushy eyed? 😉
Here’s a NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of the star known as IRAS 12196-6300. Located just under 2300 light-years from Earth, this star is under 10 million years old and not yet burning Hydrogen at its core, unlike our Sun, so this star is still in its infancy. Further evidence of its youth is provided by the presence of reflection nebulae. These hazy clouds, seen floating above and below the star, are created when light from a star reflects off a high concentration of nearby dust, such as the dusty material still remaining from IRAS 12196-6300’s formation. See http://spacetelescope.org/images/potw1609a/
