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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- A Particle Beam Jet forms HH 24
NASA ^
| February 04, 2014
| (see photo credit)
Posted on 02/04/2014 6:59:34 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Explanation: If you visit HH 24, don't go near the particle beam jet. This potential future travel advisory might be issued because the powerful jet likely contains electrons and protons moving hundreds of kilometers per second. The above image was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in infrared light in order to better understand turbulent star forming regions known as Young Stellar Objects (YSOs). Frequently when a star forms, a disk of dust and gas circles the YSO causing a powerful central jets to appear. In this case, the energetic jets are creating, at each end, Herbig-Haro object 24 (HH 24), as they slam into the surrounding interstellar gas. The entire star forming region lies about 1,500 light years distant in the Orion B molecular cloud complex. Due to their rarity, jets like that forming HH 24 are estimated to last only a few thousand years.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; hh24; orionb; science; youngstellarobject; yso
[Credit: Hubble Legacy Archive, NASA, ESA; Processing: Judy Schmidt]
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02/04/2014 6:59:34 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
To: brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; married21; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; ...
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02/04/2014 7:00:53 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
(http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
To: SunkenCiv
MJöLNIR!!!!!!!
To: SunkenCiv
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02/04/2014 7:18:51 PM PST
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KoRn
(Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
To: SunkenCiv; Salamander; JoeProBono; Darksheare
It’s the Enterprise firing full phasers.
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02/04/2014 7:34:46 PM PST
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shibumi
(Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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02/04/2014 9:58:29 PM PST
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shibumi
(Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
To: shibumi
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02/05/2014 1:13:41 AM PST
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JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono
Whatcha got there are Photon Torpedoes.This here is a Phaser (Contiinuous particle beam.)
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02/05/2014 4:51:25 AM PST
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shibumi
(Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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02/05/2014 5:58:57 AM PST
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JoeProBono
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02/05/2014 6:08:23 AM PST
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shibumi
(Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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02/05/2014 6:45:14 AM PST
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JoeProBono
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