A stunning picture of a newly formed star seen bathing in its nebula's glowing blue light has been captured by astronomers. Roughly 500 light-years away from Earth, the star, called HD 97300, brightens up the surrounding cosmic clouds made up of dust particles. It can be observed in the Chamaeleon Complex, located in the southern constellation of the Chamaeleon.

The stellar photograph of the newborn star's formation was captured using the MPG/ESO 86-inch telescope in Chile.

The nebula in which the star is being formed is known as IC 2631. One of the most shining structures in the Chamaeleon Complex of stellar nurseries, nebula are clouds of cosmic dust that reflect light from a nearby star into space.

This reflection of light creates an amazing light show similar to the one captured in the new picture. The complex is a huge cluster of gas and dust clouds and it harbors numerous newborn and still-forming stars.

One of the youngest stars in its neighborhood, the star HD 97300 lights up IC 2631. The region is full of star-making material, something that is evident from the presence of dark nebulae, which are noticeable above and below IC 2631 in the picture. The dark nebulae are so thick and dense with gas and dust that no background starlight can penetrate them.

"These fledging stars already have surface temperatures similar to their main sequence phase and accordingly, because T Tauri-phase objects are essentially jumbo versions of their later selves, they look brighter in their oversized youth than in maturity", European Southern Observatory (ESO) said.

The ESO said T Tauri stars have surface temperature almost the same as that of main sequence stars of an equal mass.

"These stars do not start to fuse hydrogen into helium in their core like normal main stars do. As a result of it, they release energy that goes up and down in star's interior and then radiates into outer space. But still they are starting to generate heat from contraction", said the ESO.