Hubble Finds Young Stars in Cosmic Dance
This composite image, made with two cameras aboard NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows a pair of 12 light-year-long jets of gas blasted into space from a young system of three stars. The jet is seen in visible light, and its dusty disk and stars are seen in infrared light. These stars are located near a huge torus, or donut, of gas and dust from which they formed. This torus is tilted edge-on and can be seen as a dark bar near the bottom of the picture.
Credit:About the Image
About the Object
Name: | HH 111 |
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Type: | Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Young Stellar Object Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Jet |
Distance: | 1400 light years |
Constellation: | Orion |
Category: | Nebulae Stars |
Coordinates
Position (RA): | 5 51 44.94 |
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Position (Dec): | 2° 48' 32.43" |
Field of view: | 0.38 x 0.97 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 82.7° left of vertical |
Colours & filters
Band | Telescope |
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Hubble Space Telescope
NICMOS | |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |