Stunning ALMA and NTT image of newborn star
This unprecedented image of Herbig-Haro object HH 46/47 combines radio observations acquired with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) with much shorter wavelength visible light observations from ESO’s New Technology Telescope (NTT). The ALMA observations (orange and green, lower right) of the newborn star reveal a large energetic jet moving away from us, which in the visible is hidden by dust and gas. To the left (in pink and purple) the visible part of the jet is seen, streaming partly towards us.
Credit:ESO/ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/H. Arce. Acknowledgements: Bo Reipurth
About the Image
| Id: | eso1336a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 20 August 2013, 16:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1336 |
| Size: | 1793 x 1263 px |
About the Object
| Name: | HH 46, HH 47 |
| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Outflow |
| Distance: | 1400 light years |
| Constellation: | Vela |
| Category: | Stars |
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 8 25 44.37 |
| Position (Dec): | -51° 0' 25.76" |
| Field of view: | 7.50 x 5.28 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.1° right of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Millimeter CO | 2.6 mm | Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array |
| Optical B | 422 nm | New Technology Telescope EMMI |
| Optical V | 542 nm | New Technology Telescope EMMI |
| Millimeter CO | 2.97 mm | Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array |
| Millimeter CO | 3.0 mm | Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array |
| Optical SII | 672 nm | New Technology Telescope EMMI |
| Infrared I | 798 nm | New Technology Telescope EMMI |