A cosmic lightsabre

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esahubble_heic1526a December 17th, 2015

Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Padgett (GSFC), T. Megeath (University of Toledo), and B. Reipurth (University of Hawaii)

The two lightsabre-like streams crossing the image are jets of energised gas, ejected from the poles of a young star. If the jets collide with the surrounding gas and dust they can clear vast spaces, and create curved shock waves, seen as knotted clumps called Herbig-Haro objects.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1526a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
HH 24
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Evolutionary Stage > Young Stellar Object
Esahubble_heic1526a_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 46m 9.1s
DEC = 0° 10’ 7.8”
Orientation
North is 10.3° CCW
Field of View
1.7 x 2.0 arcminutes
Constellation
Orion

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Green Hubble (None) Infrared (Pseudo (814W+Fe II)) -
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (I) -
Red Hubble (WFC3) Infrared (H) -
Orange Hubble (WFC3) Infrared (Fe II) -
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ID
heic1526a
Subject Category
B.3.1.2  
Subject Name
HH 24
Credits
ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Padgett (GSFC), T. Megeath (University of Toledo), and B. Reipurth (University of Hawaii)
Release Date
2015-12-17T16:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1526a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
None, WFPC2, WFC3, WFC3
Color Assignment
Green, Blue, Red, Orange
Band
Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass
Pseudo (814W+Fe II), I, H, Fe II
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
86.5380982209, -0.168824072043
Reference Dimension
1028.0, 1218.0
Reference Pixel
514.0, 609.0
Scale
-2.7875305386e-05, 2.7875305386e-05
Rotation
10.259999999999989
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
heic1526a
Metadata Date
2019-10-07T11:40:25.883518
Metadata Version
1.1
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