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2 posted on 12/05/2025 12:59:49 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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3 posted on 12/05/2025 1:00:33 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Bipolar jets ejected from KX And in Hα light without continuum.
The image reveals fine details and shows two jets with an apparent length of about 20′, with the northern jet ending in a bright tip.
That structure appears to be the outer end of a cigar-shaped shell.
There is a diffuse structure in the southern jet, about 7′ from KX And.
Both jets begin (becoming visible) at an apparent distance of about 1.8′ and the ejection rate seems to be vary strongly.
The bright point source in the main picture is KX And, which remains visible
as a result of precise continuum subtraction because the brighter companion of this binary system is an emission-line star.

6 posted on 12/05/2025 1:39:11 PM PST by Diogenesis (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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