The Hubble Space Telescope captured video footage of the celestial cloudscape surrounding HH 505, a Herbig-Haro object. When stellar winds from newborn stars collide with gas and dust at high speeds, these luminous regions form.
Hubble's Advanced Camera for Survey Captured HH 505 in the Orion Nebula
The Orion Nebula appears to be a delicately tinted cloud against a velvety dark backdrop of space in this new Hubble video released on Twitter. However, a rare and wonderful cosmic interaction is in the middle, triggered by the baby star IX Ori. The interaction, named HH 505, is classified as a Herbig-Haro object.
This video shows the celestial cloudscape around HH 505, a Herbig-Haro object, from our latest Picture of the Week. These luminous regions form when stellar winds released by newborn stars collide with gas and dust at high speeds. pic.twitter.com/m7zasTh2vT
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According to ScienceAlert, the presence of a baby star is required for the HH 505 interaction. A baby star is formed when a dense knot in a molecular cloud, such as the Orion stellar nursery, collapses and spins under its own mass. As it spins, it spools in material from the cloud around it, allowing the baby star to grow.
Because these structures change so quickly, astronomers can study them to learn how newborn stars blow material away from the cloud that surrounds them. It cuts off the supply of gas and dust that feeds the growing stars, thereby determining the size of the adult star.
Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week Presents Orion Nebula
The Orion Nebula is an emission region of dust and gas forming thousands of stars. Because it is the closest massive star formation region to Earth, it is one of the most studied areas of the night sky and a frequent Hubble target. The discovery was also included in an enthralling Hubble mosaic of the Orion Nebula, which combined 520 ACS images in five different colors to create the sharpest view of the region ever captured.
The image has 520 exposures and almost a billion pixels. Astronomers studying the properties of outflows and protoplanetary disks used Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys to capture the image.
Orion Nebula Emission
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From the massive, young stars that form the nebula to the pillars of thick gas that could house developing stars, the Orion Nebula is a classic visual representation of star formation.
Trapezium refers to the four largest stars in the nebula's brilliant core region. According to NASA, the ultraviolet radiation from these stars is interfering with the formation of hundreds of smaller stars and carving a hole in the nebula.
Can You See the Orion Nebula Through a Telescope?
The Orion Nebula is one of the most rewarding deep sky objects to photograph through a telescope in astrophotography. Its rich glowing emission gas and reflected starlight exemplify the breathtaking beauty of our Universe.
The Orion Nebula is so bright that it can be seen with the naked eye. This glowing emission nebula/reflection nebula, with an apparent magnitude of +4, can even be seen from locations with moderate light pollution.
If you have a telescope, aim it below Orion's three belt stars, towards his sword. Use your telescope's finder scope to locate the fuzzy patch between the three stars of Orion's sword, and then return to the eyepiece for a closer look.
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