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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Young Star Jet MHO 2147
APOD.NASA.gov ^ | 21 Jan, 2022 | Image Credit & License: International Gemini Observatory / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA

Posted on 01/21/2022 4:26:45 PM PST by MtnClimber

Explanation: Laser guide stars and adaptive optics sharpened this stunning ground-based image of stellar jets from the Gemini South Observatory, Chilean Andes, planet Earth. These twin outflows of MHO 2147 are from a young star in formation. It lies toward the central Milky Way and the boundary of the constellations Sagittarius and Ophiuchus at an estimated distance of some 10,000 light-years. At center, the star itself is obscured by a dense region of cold dust. But the infrared image still traces the sinuous jets across a frame that would span about 5 light-years at the system's estimated distance. Driven outward by the young rotating star, the apparent wandering direction of the jets is likely due to precession. Part of a multiple star system, the young star's rotational axis would slowly precess or wobble like a top under the gravitation influence of its nearby companions.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: nasa
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1 posted on 01/21/2022 4:26:45 PM PST by MtnClimber
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2 posted on 01/21/2022 4:27:04 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: 21stCenturion; 21twelve; 4everontheRight; abb; AFB-XYZ; AFPhys; America_Right; AZ .44 MAG; ...
Pinging the APOD list.

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3 posted on 01/21/2022 4:27:45 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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The arms of someone (no head, torso or legs) who, with his / her / its right hand, is saying “FJB” in sign language. :-)


4 posted on 01/21/2022 5:12:02 PM PST by AFB-XYZ (Stand up, or bend over)
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Funny how they see a tiny spec in heaven and say it’s a young star and that it’s 10,000 light-years away.
They don’t know the distance of the star. How did they measure the distance?
Was it a Sears or a Craftsman measuring tape?

More Junk Science...
Let’s just marvel with what God created...


5 posted on 01/21/2022 6:24:18 PM PST by Pez149 (Time to stop saying a theory is fact....)
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It looks ... really angry.


6 posted on 01/22/2022 7:04:28 AM PST by gloryblaze
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