Jet from HH-47
Depicts: HH-47
Copyright: J. Morse (STScI), and NASA Co-investigators: B. Reipurth (European Southern Observ.), S. Heathcote (Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observ.), P. Hartigan (Rice Univ.), J. Bally (Univ. of Colorado), R. Schwartz (Univ. of Missouri),J. Stone (Univ. of Maryland)
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.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
