NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s image of Herbig-Haro 211
ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, Tom Ray
This new child star is blasting out a pair of extraordinary jets. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) captured this image of a Herbig-Haro object, which kinds when a younger star spews powerful winds that smash into surrounding gasoline and mud at supersonic speeds.
The object, known as Herbig-Haro 211 (HH 211), is positioned about 1000 mild years away from Earth within the constellation Perseus. This makes it one of the closest Herbig-Haro objects we all know of. The new image is way extra detailed than any that astronomers have taken of Herbig-Haro objects prior to now.
That element allowed researchers to measure the velocity of the outflow emanating from the star at about 80 to 100 kilometres per second. This could seem quick, however it’s comparatively gradual in contrast with the outflows from some older, extra advanced stars.
The baby star on the centre of HH 211 is about 8 per cent the mass of the solar and much youthful. In truth, it’s one of the youngest Herbig-Haro objects ever noticed. Wiggles within the jets recommend that it could really be a binary star, though even JWST isn’t powerful sufficient to inform the distinction definitively.
Topics:
- stars/
- James Webb house telescope