Hubble Space Telescope Multiwavelenth Stellar Nursery HH1 HH2
Now that you’ve experienced a grand tour of the outer solar system, check out the latest Hubble Space Telescope image of a mesmerizing multiwavelength stellar nursery view. What you’re seeing are two Herbig–Haro objects – HH 1 and HH 2 – located in the constellation Orion around 1250 light-years from Earth.


Hubble Space Telescope Multiwavelenth Stellar Nursery HH1 HH2
HH 1 can be seen as the luminous cloud directly above the bright star in the upper right of this image, while HH 2 is the cloud found in the bottom left. What you can’t see is the the young star system responsible for their creation, hidden in the thick clouds of dust at the center of this image. You can see an outflow of gas from one of these stars streaming out from the central dark cloud as a bright jet.

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In the case of HH 1/2, two groups of astronomers requested Hubble observations for two different studies. The first delved into the structure and motion of the Herbig–Haro objects visible in this image, giving astronomers a better understanding of the physical processes occurring when outflows from young stars collide with surrounding gas and dust,” said the ESA Hubble team.

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