Sodium interstellar

HC5N (cyanodiacetylene) interstellar, 120 rotational spectrum, 110 Na2S203 (sodium thiosulphate)... 

Astrophysical sodium is produced in various ways that depend on the mass and life stage of a given star. In very massive stars that experience carbon-burning, sodium 23 results from the following reaction and is then distributed into the interstellar medium (ISM) in the supernova explosion of the star. 

Continuing research into how sodium is produced and delivered throughout interstellar space will help astrophysicists fine-tune their understanding of stellar processes. 

Finally, the monocoordinated complexes can be expected to be present in the interstellar space and detected in radioastronomy provided the elemental abondance of the metal is sufficient. This should be the case of iron Fe, a very stable nucleus, the observation of which in molecules like FeCO [22] has failed up to now. Given the fact that cyano compounds formed by sodium and magnesium i.e., NaNC, MgNC and MgCN) have been already observed [23,24,25] calculations of iron complexes have some interest for Astrophysics. 

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