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Jet from young star (HH-47)

Esahubble_opo9524g_1024

esahubble_opo9524g June 6th, 1995

Credit: J. Morse/STScI, and NASA/ESA

This view of a three trillion mile-long jet called HH-47 reveals a very complicated jet pattern that indicates the star (hidden inside a dust cloud near the left edge of the image) might be wobbling, possibly caused by the gravitational pull of a companion star.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9524g/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: HH 47
Subject - Milky Way: Star > Evolutionary Stage > Young Stellar Object; Nebula > Type > Jet

Esahubble_opo9524g_128

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 8h 25m 47.4s; DEC = -51° 0’ 12.5”
Orientation: North is 100.5° CW
Field of View: 1.1 x 1.1 arcminutes
Constellation: Vela

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	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (None)		-

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ID: opo9524g
Subject Category: B.3.1.2 B.4.1.5
Subject Name: HH 47
Credits: J. Morse/STScI, and NASA/ESA

Release Date: 1995-06-06T20:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9524g/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes: Distance in light years from: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/317705#rid_rf7

Facility: Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: None
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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 126.447437073, -51.0034829187
Reference Dimension: 693.0, 692.0

Reference Pixel: 346.5, 346.0
Scale: -2.75347469102e-05, 2.75347469102e-05
Rotation: -100.53999999999995
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: opo9524g

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9524g.tif
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Metadata Date: 2003-12-09T17:44:12+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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