Fw: Astronomy Picture of the Day (4/09/2025): HH 49: Interstellar Jet from Webb
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
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2025 April 9
HH 49: Interstellar Jet from Webb
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Explanation:
What's at the tip of this interstellar jet?
First let's consider the jet: it is being expelled by a
just forming and is cataloged as
49 (HH 49).
The expelling this jet is
-- it is off to the lower right.
The complex conical structure
in this infrared image by the
also includes another jet cataloged as HH 50.
The fast jet particles impact the
interstellar gas and form shock waves that glow prominently in
light --
shown here as reddish-brown ridges.
This
also resolved the mystery of the unusual object at
's tip: it is a
far in the distance.
The blue center is therefore not one star but many,
and the surrounding circular rings are actually
s.
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NASA Official: Amber Straughn
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