Celestial Beacon Sheds New Light on Stellar Nursery

IInstitute for Astronomy astronomer Dr. Bo Reipurth stands on the catwalk of the University of Hawaii's 88-inch (2.2-meter) telescope overlooking the Frederick C. Gillett Gemini Telescope on Mauna Kea. Dr. Reipurth has served as staff astronomer at the European Southern Observatory, the Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy at the University of Colorado, and came to the University of Hawaii to study star and planet formation.

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Release date:March 30, 2004, 8 p.m.
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