Comments on: Newborn star makes a cosmic bank shot

By: Phrank

Phrank — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 11:35:55 +0000

What a gorgeous structure! I was wondering what sort of estimates we have about this. Its dimensions? Its density? Its makeup? Its temperature? The velocity of the particles within it?

You know, just because I wasn’t already impressed enough.

By: Messier Tidy Upper

Messier Tidy Upper — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 09:33:18 +0000

@ ^ Jonathan G. : Really distant I’d say. Of course, that’s a relative term but, yeah, given they’re background galaxies visible on long exposure astrophotography here I think so. No idea exactly how far away but don’t think they’re members of our Local Group or even the Virgo supercluster.

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Dunno how many fellow South Aussies may be out there and still reading this thread, but in today’s newspaper – The Advertiser 5th of July 2012, page 32, “world” section – they’ve actually featured this discovery with a two paragraph tiny item and a thumbnail photo of Herbig-Haro 110; the same one at the top here. It’s on my pinboard now. Neat.

(In the same newspaper, they’ve also got a good article on the discovery of the Higgs boson – & a piece on the US government denying that mermaids & zombies are real. The times we live in, eh?)

By: Jonathan G.

Jonathan G. — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 01:02:12 +0000

@ Shawn: The multitude o’ galaxies was the second thing that took my breath away too. Are they really distant ones, or is there some non-true colour thing going on here?

By: Nigel Depledge

Nigel Depledge — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 09:06:30 +0000

Also unlike human babies, when stars blast out gas it’s incredibly beautiful.

But I’ll bet it’s not half as funny.

By: Joseph G

Joseph G — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 08:40:14 +0000

“And the number 270 takes it back, and shoots! Through the H II region, and a bank-shot off the Bok-board… Oooh, and it’s way out there. Let me tell you, Marv, this rookie Haro is a promising player, but these showboat shots just aren’t getting anywhere near that event horizon. ”
“Nope, not even in the same parsec, Tom!”

By: Messier Tidy Upper

Messier Tidy Upper — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 05:55:11 +0000

Superluminous image with those background galaxies, the smoke like fluid-looking ripples & great write-up there too, cheers BA.

Is that a spiral galaxy or planetary nebula in the top left hand corner I wonder?

By: Shawn

Shawn — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 22:47:24 +0000

My God, its full of galaxies!

By: Andres Minas

Andres Minas — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 18:26:31 +0000

Just like what some fireworks do on air. Same physics…er, geometry, only on smaller scale.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 18:09:11 +0000

I haven’t gasped at the sight of anything for a while but this took me by surprise! Gorgeous…

By: zpmorgan

zpmorgan — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 17:41:01 +0000

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Thanks Phil