Hubble Heritage Project's First Anniversary. A View of HH 32
HH 32 is an excellent example of a 'Herbig-Haro object', which is formed when young stars eject jets of material back into interstellar space. This object, about 1,000 light-years from Earth, is somewhat older than Hubble's variable nebula, and the wind from the bright central star has already cleared much of the dust out of the central region, thus exposing the star to direct view.
Many young stars, like the central object in HH 32, are surrounded by disks of gas and dust that form as additional material is attracted gravitationally from the surrounding nebula.
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About the Object
Name: | HH 32 |
Type: | Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Young Stellar Object Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Jet |
Distance: | 950 light years |
Constellation: | Aquila |
Category: | Anniversary Stars |
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Coordinates
Position (RA): | 19 20 30.97 |
Position (Dec): | 11° 1' 55.04" |
Field of view: | 1.00 x 1.01 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 88.5° left of vertical |
Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
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Optical SII | 673 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
Optical H-alpha | 656 nm |
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WFPC2 |
Optical R | 675 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |