Hubble Finds Young Stars in Cosmic Dance

Esahubble_opo0005a_1024

esahubble_opo0005a March 16th, 2000

Credit: NASA/ESA and B. Reipurth (CASA, Univ. of Colorado)

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.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0005a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
HH 111
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Evolutionary Stage > Young Stellar Object
Nebula > Type > Jet
Esahubble_opo0005a_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 51m 44.9s
DEC = 2° 48’ 32.4”
Orientation
North is 82.7° CCW
Field of View
0.4 x 1.0 arcminutes
Constellation
Orion

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Hubble (NICMOS) -
Hubble (WFPC2) -
Esahubble_opo0005a_1280
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ID
opo0005a
Subject Category
B.3.1.2   B.4.1.5  
Subject Name
HH 111
Credits
NASA/ESA and B. Reipurth (CASA, Univ. of Colorado)
Release Date
2000-03-16T07:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0005a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
NICMOS, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
87.937264209, 2.80900727647
Reference Dimension
1142.0, 2880.0
Reference Pixel
571.0, 1440.0
Scale
-5.58526765566e-06, 5.58526765566e-06
Rotation
82.660000000000039
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
opo0005a
Resource URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo0005a.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:15:52+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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