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Back The area around XZ Tauri (ground-based image)

The area around XZ Tauri (ground-based image)


Date: 05 November 2014
Satellite: Hubble Space Telescope
Depicts: LDN 1551, XZ Tauri
Copyright: NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2 (Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin)

This image from the Digitized Sky Survey shows the area around multiple star system XZ Tauri.

XZ Tauri is blowing a hot bubble of gas into the surrounding space, which is filled with bright and beautiful clumps that are emitting strong winds and jets.

Last Update: 1 September 2019
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