LW discussion of YSOs

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When is an object a young stellar object?


Where do you find YSOs?

YSOs are almost always found within or near gas and dust in outer space, most often embedded in molecular clouds. --Ashley 15:20, 6 June 2012 (PDT)


How do you decide its a YSO?

YSO's are classified based on using the slope of their SED.~Emily


When does it stop being a YSO?


What are the qualities of a YSO?

There are 2 types of YSOs: protostars and pre-main sequence (PMS) stars. --Ashley 15:33, 6 June 2012 (PDT)


Why study YSOs?


Other info?

"Protostars are the most mysterious and exotic YSOs being so heavily embedded in surrounding gas and dust that they are invisible at the traditional optical wavelengths and can only be studied in the infrared, millimeter or sub-millimeter wavelength bands." (got this info from Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics --Ashley 15:33, 6 June 2012 (PDT)