How Do We Observe Star Formation
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Observing the star formation process
The emergent spectral energy distribution (SED) of young stars changes drastically as they evolve. We are puAdvances in both observations and theory in the last few decades has now started to provide a detailed
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Learning points
- How does the emergent spectral energy distribution change for stars as they evolve in the earliest stages of their evolution?
- What is the advantage gained by near-infrared? sub-mm? radio?
- What do we observe in the optical with ground and space-based telescopes?
- "Short" vs "Long" lived stages (or phases) of evolution. How do we use number statistics to tell one? What are observational biases that could affect these number statistics.
