Jets in a Newly Formed Star

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Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Yusef-Zadeh et al.; B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF)

Double-lobe feature produced by jets from one of the newly forming stars. ALMA discovered 11 of these telltale signs of star formation remarkably close to the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy.

Provider: National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Image Source: https://public.nrao.edu/?post_type=release=9270

Curator: NRAO/AUI/NSF, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)

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Image Details

Image Type: Collage
Object Name: Sgr A* • Sagittarius A*
Subject - Milky Way: Star > Evolutionary Stage > Young Stellar Object

Distance

26,000 light years

Position Details

Position: RA = 17h 45m 38.9s; DEC = -29° 0’ 30.6”
Field of View: 0.1 x 0.1 arcminutes
Constellation: Sagittarius

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	ALMA	Radio (4)	1.4 µm

ID: Gallery_nrao17cb32b
Subject Category: B.3.1.2
Subject Name: Sgr A*, Sagittarius A*
Credits: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Yusef-Zadeh et al.; B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF)

Release Date
Lightyears: 26,000
Redshift: 26,000
Reference Url: https://public.nrao.edu/?post_type=release=9270

Type: Collage
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes

Facility: ALMA
Instrument
Color Assignment: Pseudocolor

Band: Radio
Bandpass: 4
Central Wavelength: 1.360E+3

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Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value: 266.4121753, -29.00849645
Reference Dimension: 1170, 1050

Reference Pixel: 585, 525
Scale: 0.0000015136628991441, 0.0000015136628991441
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Name: NRAO/AUI/NSF
Email: outreach@nrao.edu

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City: Charlottesville
State/Province: Virginia

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Country: USA
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Publisher: NRAO/AUI/NSF
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Resource URL: https://public.nrao.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/nrao17cb32b.jpg
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Metadata Date: 2018-05-18T10:06:49-04:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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26,000 light years