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Explanation: High-speed outflows of molecular gas from a pair of actively forming young stars shine in infrared light, revealing themselves in this NIRcam image from the James Webb Space Telescope. Cataloged as HH (Herbig-Haro) 46/47, the young stars are lodged within a dark nebula that is largely opaque when viewed in visible light. The pair lie at the center of the prominent reddish diffraction spikes in the NIRcam image. Their energetic stellar jets extend for nearly a light-year, burrowing into the dark interstellar material. A tantalizing object to explore with Webb's infrared capabilities, this young star system is relatively nearby, located only some 1,140 light-years distant in the nautical constellation Vela.
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Publications with keywords: Herbig-Haro object
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See also:
- APOD: 2025 April 9 Á HH 49: Interstellar Jet from Webb
- APOD: 2025 February 19 Á HH 30: A Star System with Planets Now Forming
- APOD: 2023 September 19 Á HH 211: Jets from a Forming Star
- Duel Particle Beams in Herbig Haro 24
- Arcs, Jets, and Shocks near NGC 1999
- Herbig Haro 24
- A Particle Beam Jet forms HH 24