Posted on 07/28/2023 12:42:11 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: High-speed outflows of molecular gas from a pair of actively forming young stars shine in infrared light, revealing themselves in this NIRcam image from the James Webb Space Telescope. Cataloged as HH (Herbig-Haro) 46/47, the young stars are lodged within a dark nebula that is largely opaque when viewed in visible light. The pair lie at the center of the prominent reddish diffraction spikes in the NIRcam image. Their energetic stellar jets extend for nearly a light-year, burrowing into the dark interstellar material. A tantalizing object to explore with Webb's infrared capabilities, this young star system is relatively nearby, located only some 1,140 light-years distant in the nautical constellation Vela.
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SPACE COWS...............
Wow.
If I had a dime for every time you two have caused me to spit coffee all over the monitor . . . Heh :-)
LOL, yeah Red Badger’s space cow picture had me wondering, “Who was the first person who decided that udder looked like a fun thing to pull. Or perhaps, I want some of what that calf is drinking.”
Since they are in the constellation Vela are they the origin of Velveeta cheese?
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