Haro 6-5B wider field
This wide-angle image (17,000 AU from top to bottom) shows the region around Haro 6-5b, which is located at the center of the field. Towards the bottom, colored in green, is a jet of glowing gas emitted from Haro 6-5b. The entire region is filled with dark dust. The disk of Haro 6-5b confines light emitted from the star into cones above and below the disk (something like a lampshade), illuminating the surrounding dust and forming the large hourglass-shaped pattern seen in the image.
Credit:John Krist (STScI) and the WFPC2 Science Team
About the Image
About the Object
Name: | Haro 6-5B |
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Type: | Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Young Stellar Object Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Jet |
Distance: | 450 light years |
Constellation: | Taurus |
Category: | Stars |
Coordinates
Position (RA): | 4 22 0.43 |
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Position (Dec): | 26° 57' 31.59" |
Field of view: | 1.69 x 2.36 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 132.7° left of vertical |
Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
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Optical V | 555 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
Optical R | 675 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
Infrared I | 814 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |