Astronomers mapped three interstellar clouds. They are visible only in the radio waves!

The map includes neighboring interstellar gas clouds that contain areas of ongoing

high-mass star formation.However, such objects cannot be observed from Earth in visible light, but they emit powerful radio waves, so astronomers are analyzing their structure using the 45-meter Nobeyama radio telescope in Japan.

Three interstellar clouds will appear on the map - Orion A, Aquila Rift and M17. To create a map of Orion A, scientists also collected data from the CARMA interferometer, which is located in the United States.

The received card has a resolution of about 3.2 thousand. astronomical units. This means that the map can only have objects 60 times larger than the solar system. Nevertheless, so far this is the largest and most detailed map of these regions.

At the same time, the map has not yet been published in full scale by scientists, but in the future they promise to put it in the public domain. Now researchers have posted only an approximate diagram of this map.