Journey to Newborn Star HH 46/47 in Vela | New Technology Telescope

Journey to Newborn Star HH 46/47 in Vela | New Technology Telescope

This zoom sequence starts with a wide view of the southern Milky Way and then closes in on a rich region of dark clouds and young stars in the constellation of Vela (The Sails). One of these dark star-forming clouds features the Herbig-Haro object HH 46/47 where jets from a young star are colliding with the surrounding material. 

The final image of Herbig-Haro object HH 46/47 was captured by the European Southern Observatory’s New Technology Telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile.

Distance: 1,400 light years

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https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/lasilla/ntt/

Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2/Nick Risinger 

Duration: 56 seconds

Release Date: Aug. 20, 2013

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