The great capacity for observation and image resolution of the James Webb space telescope has revealed the details of the fortuitous and random alignment of a proto -this spots and a distant spiral galaxy.
The new image, which combines observations of the Nircam and Miri cameras of the space telescope, captures the juxtaposition of the nearby proto-celebrate flow known as Herbig-Haro 49/50 with a more distant and perfectly positioned spiral galaxy.
Herbig-Haro 40/50, which is at about 630 years-old from the Earth, in the constellation of Chameleon, is a class I protoestrella, that is, young objects (from tens of thousands to one million years of age) that are at the best time to gain mass.
Herbig-Haro objects are flows produced by jets thrown from a nearby star in formation, can extend over light years and penetrate a dense region of material, creating shock waves that heat the material at high temperatures.
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The great image resolution of James Webb has now managed to reveal fine characteristics
Herbig-Haro 40/50 was observer for the first time by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope in 2006, when he was nicknamed as “cosmic tornado” for his helical appearance, but they were not sure of the nature of the diffuse object at the tip of the tornado.
The great image resolution of James Webb has now managed to reveal fine characteristics of the shock regions in the output flow, discovering that the diffuse object is a distant spiral galaxy, and showing a sea of distant background galaxies.
Webb’s observations probe details in small space scales that will help astronomers model the properties of the jet and understand how it is affecting the surrounding material, indicates the European Space Agency (ESA), in a statement.
The space telescope “has caught these two non -associated objects in a lucky alignment.” “Over thousands of years, the edge of HH 49/50 will move to the outside and end up covering the distant galaxy,” adds the note.
With EFE information.
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