Celestial Gravitational Light in the T-Tauri System @SpaceSaturday

Celestial Gravitational Light in the T-Tauri System @SpaceSaturday

The triple system of T-Tauri stars produces it’s beaitufl celestial light from the heat of gravitational contraction. Here’s more from Astronomy Now: T-Tauri stars are named after the eponymous protostar, which is found in the constellation of Taurus, the Bull. By coincidence, these T-Tauri stars, collectively labelled as HP Tau, are also in Taurus and have been imaged here by the Nicholas U. Mayall four-metre telescope at the Kitt Peak National…