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HH46, John Bozeman

HH46

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HH46

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Description

HH 46/47 is a complex of Herbig–Haro objects (HH objects), located around 450 parsecs (about 1,470 light-years) away in a Bok globule near the Gum nebula. Jets of partially ionized gas emerging from a young star produce visible shocks upon impact with the ambient medium. Discovered in 1977, it is one of the most studied HH objects and the first jet to be associated with young stars was found in HH 46/47. Four emission nebula, HH 46, HH 47A, HH 47C and HH 47D and a jet, HH 47B, have been identified in the complex. It also contains a mostly unipolar molecular outflow, and two large bow shocks on opposite sides of the source star. The overall size of the complex is about 3 parsecs (10 light years).

Data from the James Webb Space Telescope MAST Portal. Release date: 2023-08-08

Camera: NIRCAM

Color Mapped:

Red-F444W
Green-F200W
Blue-F200W

Processed with FITS Liberator, GraXpert, PixInsight and Photoshop 2023.

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HH46, John Bozeman