Herbig-Haro 24
Herbig-Haro 24 (HH 24) is a Herbig-Haro object consisting of narrow jets of partially ionized gas ejected by a young star, colliding with nearby interstellar clouds. Located in the Orion B molecular cloud complex, HH 24 is approximately 1,300 light-years from Earth and is notable for its symmetrical, double-lobed jet structure.
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APODs including "Herbig-Haro 24"
Dual Particle Beams in Herbig-Haro 24
11/03/2018
This might look like a double-bladed lightsaber, but these two cosmic jets actually beam outward from a newborn star in a galaxy near you. Constructed from Hubble Space Telescope image data, the stunning scene spans about half a light-year across Herbig-Haro 24 (HH 24), some 1,300 light-years away in the stellar nurseries of the Orion B molecular cloud complex. Hidden from direct view, HH 24's central protostar is surrounded by cold dust and gas flattened into a rotating accretion disk. As material from the disk falls toward the young stellar object it heats up. Opposing jets are blasted out along the system's rotation axis. Cutting through the region's interstellar matter, the narrow, energetic jets produce a series of glowing shock fronts along their path.