Jet from HH-47
This Hubble Space Telescope image reveals new secrets of star birth as recorded in a spectacular jet of gas the star has ejected.
Center Image
Resembling the vertebrae of an imaginary space alien, this one-half light-year long jet of gas has burst out of a dark cloud of gas and dust which hides the newly forming star located in the lower left corner of the image.
Upper Left Image
An enlargement of a portion of the jet near the star shows the complicated interactions that take place when the ejected gas collides with the interstellar medium.
Lower Right Image
A massive clump of jet material collides with upstream gas and creates a bow-shaped shock wave, like a boat speeding across a lake.
Credit:About the Image
About the Object
| Name: | HH 47 |
| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Young Stellar Object Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Jet |
| Distance: | 1400 light years |
| Category: | Nebulae Stars |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical R | 673 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |