Hubble Finds Young Stars in Cosmic Dance
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.
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About the Image
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NASA caption
| Id: | opo0005a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 16 March 2000, 07:00 |
| Size: | 1142 x 2880 px |
About the Object
| Name: | HH 111 |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Young Stellar Object • Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Jet |
| Distance: | 1400 light years |
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| Band | Telescope |
