Hubble FS Tau Multi-Star System
Your eyes aren’t playing tricks, those blue jets Jets are shooting out from FS Tau in this image captured by NASA / ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope. This multi-star system consists of FS Tau A, the bright star-like object near the middle of the image, and FS Tau B (Haro 6-5B), the bright object to the far right.


Hubble FS Tau Multi-Star System
FS Tau is actually a part of the Taurus-Auriga region, a collection of dark molecular clouds that many newly forming young stars call home, located approximately 450 light-years away in the constellations of Taurus and Auriga. FS Tau A and FS Tau B are both surrounded by gently illuminated gas and dust of this stellar nursery, which is only about 2.8 million years old.

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FS Tau B is also classified as a Herbig-Haro object. Herbig–Haro objects form when jets of ionized gas ejected by a young star collide with nearby clouds of gas and dust at high speeds, creating bright patches of nebulosity,” said NASA Hubble Mission Team.

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