A Newborn Star: Herbig-Haro Object HH 46/47 in Vela | New Technology Telescope

A Newborn Star: Herbig-Haro Object HH 46/47 in Vela | New Technology Telescope

The Herbig-Haro object HH 46/47 seen with the European Southern Observatory’s New Technology Telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile. It shows jets emerging from a star-forming dark cloud.

Distance: 1,400 light years

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Credit: ESO/Bo Reipurth

Release Date: Aug. 20, 2013

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