Protostar HH 34 in Orion

Eso_eso9948c_1024

eso_eso9948c November 17th, 1999

Credit: ESO

This image is an enlargement of a three-colour composite of the young object Herbig-Haro 34 (HH-34), now in the protostar stage of evolution. It is based on CCD frames obtained with the FORS2 instrument in imaging mode, on November 2 and 6, 1999. This object has a remarkable, very complicated appearance that includes two opposite jets that ram into the surrounding interstellar matter. This structure is produced by a machine-gun-like blast of "bullets" of dense gas ejected from the star at high velocities (approaching 250 km/sec). This seems to indicate that the star experiences episodic "outbursts" when large chunks of material fall onto it from a surrounding disc. HH-34 is located at a distance of approx. 1,500 light-years, near the famous Orion Nebula, one of the most productive star birth regions. Note also the enigmatic "waterfall" to the upper left, a feature that is still unexplained.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9948c/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
HH 34
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Evolutionary Stage > Protostar
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 35m 31.0s
DEC = -6° 28’ 37.9”
Orientation
North is 0.9° CW
Field of View
2.7 x 3.0 arcminutes
Constellation
Orion

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red VLT (FORS2) Optical (Sii) 673.0 nm
Green VLT (FORS2) Optical (H-alpha) 429.0 nm
Blue VLT (FORS2) Optical (B) 429.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
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ID
eso9948c
Subject Category
B.3.1.1  
Subject Name
HH 34
Credits
ESO
Release Date
1999-11-17T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9948c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from NASA.
Facility
Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument
FORS2, FORS2, FORS2
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
Sii, H-alpha, B
Central Wavelength
673, 429, 429
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
83.879095, -6.477184
Reference Dimension
802.0, 895.0
Reference Pixel
341.773663764, 133.645645997
Scale
-5.526317e-05, 5.526317e-05
Rotation
-0.86941156571
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso9948c
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso9948c.tif
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Metadata Date
2016-07-20T14:07:37+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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