The Most Distant Stellar Nursery yet Detected The Spitzer Space Telescope recently detected a new star formation region in constellation Centaurus. 300 newborn stars have been identified. The image shows the dusty stellar nursery called RCW 49. It is approximately 13,700 light-years from Earth. It is the most distant stellar nursery yet detected. Only two of the new stars have been examined in detail. They both have planet-forming discs Click on the Image for a High Resolution View