Suddenly, by 1952 ìStar Formationî was a Respectable Term & Subject!
ìThe suggestion that all type I stars have been formed from the interstellar clouds may, perhaps, be taken as a working hypothesis.î
--Schwarzschild, Spitzer & Wildt 1951
ìThis, I imagine, is why the oldest members of the stellar systemÖare so large and populous, for the available material was richer then. As the layer of dust and gas sank toward the galactic plane, stars continued to form. Dust and gas still lie dense i