Celestial Beacon Sheds New Light on Stellar Nursery
shows the eruption at a later stage when the luminous inner disk and the blinding white hot spots produce more light than the star. Gemini spectroscopic observations reveal that gas escapes from the erupting star-disk system with velocities of more than 600 km/second. This is one of the fastest winds ever recorded around a young star. The outflow clears away some of the surrounding gas and dust that shrouds the embryonic star, allowing the visible light from the star to shine through.
Credit:Gemini Observatory/NSF/AURA/J. Lomberg
About the Image
Id: | gemini0402e |
Type: | Artwork |
Release date: | March 30, 2004, 8 p.m. |
Related releases: | gemini0402 |
Size: | 2400 x 1800 px |
About the Object
Category: | Stars |