Gemini Legacy Image Release
The HH 24 Jet Complex:
Searching for Orphan Stars Amid Starbirth Fireworks
A new Gemini Observatory image reveals a fascinating display of
celestial “fireworks” accompanying the birth of stars. The image
captures in unprecedented clarity the complex structures of a gas jet
complex emanating from a stellar nursery at supersonic speeds. The
striking new image hints at the remarkably dynamic (and messy)
process of star birth. Researchers believe they have also found a
collection of runaway (orphan) stars that result from all this activity.
Gemini Observatory has released one of the most detailed images ever obtained of emerging gas jets streaming from a region of newborn stars. The region, known as the HerbigHaro 24 (HH 24) Complex, contains n