Stellar nursery
A stellar nursery was a nebula in which multiple stars were being formed. Intense ultraviolet light was often given off by the forming stars. 

 once viewed a stellar nursery through a telescope located just outside of Anchorage. ()

There was a stellar nursery along 's course early in its mission in 2151. ()

The crew charted another stellar nursery some months later, where according to the Borothans' sacred text the universe began. ()

Class T clusters were a type of stellar nursery. ()

See also 
 Interstellar dust cloud

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Celestial objects