Young stars are releasing stunning images from the Gemini South telescope in Chile.
Sinuous stellar jets are the result of star star. Their spinning shape is based on the gravity of the partner stars, e.g. a staten (opens on new page)t from the National Science Foundation’s National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory (NOIRLab).
As the young stars rotate, their magnetic fields interact with the surrounding gas, creating two streams of ionized gas that are released in opposite directions, which can be seen in the new images. carried by the Gemini South telescope, located on a mountain in the Chilean Andes. and used by NOIRLab.
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Gemini South is an 8.1-meter optical / infrared telescope that uses an adaptive optics system, which allows astronomers to avoid the blurring effects of the sky and capture “crystal-clear” views of these stellars. jet, as the saying goes.
The first photo took MHO 2147, a stellar spacecraft that received 10,000 light -years from Earth on the galactic spacecraft of the Milky Way. It is located near the border between the stars Sagittarius and Ophiuchus, the Serpent.
“MHO 2147 has snakes on the back of the star in the photo – a perfect snake model for someone close to Ophiuchus,” officials told NOIRLab.
Gemini South also captured MHO 1502, a star spacecraft about 2,000 years ago from Earth on the Vela spacecraft. This stellar jet boasts a unique design, which shows the result of both. hoku which releases the gas every now and then.
“Most of the stellar jets are straight but some may drift,” officials said in a statement. “It’s thought that the nature of the different jets depends on the nature of what or what they do.”
MHO 2147 is housed in a dark-black cloud, which is a cold, hard layer of gas that does not emit infrared light. The jet itself was built by a young star called IRAS 17527-2439, and changed direction over time, diverting outward currents on each side of the star to spin and rotate. in the air.
The latest data show that IRAS 17527-2439 may be in a three-star system separated by nearly 200 billion miles (more than 300 billion kilometers). Therefore, the direction of the jet may change due to the gravitational relationship between IRAS 17527-2439 and other related stars, according to the statement.
Unlike MHO 1502, MHO 2147 is characterized by a constant release from its central star. However, MHO is introduced in a different way – a star point Found that an HII component can help explain its structure.
The findings published Jan. 20 (opens on new page) in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.
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