NEWFIRM, Herschel Find Hole in Space

NEWFIRM, an infrared camera now installed on the CTIO Blanco 4- meter, imaged NGC 1999 at the KPNO Mayall 4-m before going to the southern hemisphere. Here a combination of infrared filters from NEWFIRM (blue) and from the ESO Herschel Space Observatory (green and red) show the region around the triple star known as V380 Orionis, near the top of the image. Previously thought to be an opaque cloud, the dark region now appears to be a cavity in the dense gas and dust — a hole in space carved out by a jet from one of the young stars in the V380 Ori system.

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ESA/NASA/JPL-Caltech/AURA/NSF/Univ. of Toledo

About the Image

Id:noaoann10013a
Tipo:Observation
Release date:12 de Mayo de 2010
Related announcements:noaoann10013
Size:1034 x 600 px

Sobre el Objeto

Nombre:NGC 1999
Categoría:Nebulae

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BandaTelescopio
Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope
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