STAR FORMATION

INTERSTELLAR CLOUD

• The name given to a region of space that is denser than average.
• This is where stars are formed.

CLOUD FRAGMENT

• A small section of an interstellar cloud.
• Gets smaller and smaller while the core gets denser and denser.
• The core slowly heats up over time.
• A proto star forms in the center.

PROTO STAR

• Earliest stage of an actual star.
• Has considerably shrunk in size and grown in density.
• Very high luminosity.
• The "jets" are matter being shot out at close to the speed of light on the axis of rotation.

MAIN SEQUENCÉ

• Where our sun and most stars are at.
• The star is at solar equilibrium.
• It takes about 40-50 million to reach the main sequence.
• Interior temperature is about 15,000,000K.
• (Present)