Herbig-Haro Object 139
A close-up of Herbig-Haro (HH) object 139, found in the Circinus West molecular cloud. HH objects are glowing red patches of nebulosity commonly found near newborn stars. They form when fast-moving gas thrown out by stars smashes into slower-moving gas in the surrounding molecular cloud or interstellar medium. This image was taken with the Department of Energy-fabricated 570-megapixel Dark Energy Camera (DECam) — one of the most powerful digital cameras in the world — mounted on the U.S. National Science Foundation Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, a Program of NSF NOIRLab.
Credit:CTIO/NOIRLab/DOE/NSF/AURA
Image Processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab), D. de Martin & M. Kosari (NSF NOIRLab)
About the Image
| Id: | noirlab2515f |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | April 24, 2025, 2 p.m. |
| Related releases: | noirlab2515 |
| Size: | 1080 x 1080 px |
About the Object
| Constellation: | Circinus |
| Category: | Nebulae |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 15 0 58.46 |
| Position (Dec): | -63° 16' 54.55" |
| Field of view: | 2.01 x 2.01 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.2° left of vertical |
Colors & filters
| Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical g | 473 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |
| Optical g | 473 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |
| Optical I | 784 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |
| Optical I | 784 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |
| Optical N662 | 662 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |