Visible Light Image of BHR 71

Sig07-005c
spitzer_sig07-005c April 17, 2007

Image Source: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/2147-sig07-005c-Visible-Light-Image-of-BHR-71

Two rambunctious young stars are destroying their natal dust cloud with powerful jets of radiation. The stars are located approximately 600 light-years away in a cosmic cloud called BHR 71.

In visible light, BHR 71 is just a large black structure. The burst of yellow light toward the bottom of the cloud is the only indication that stars might be forming inside.

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Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
BHR 71
Subject - Milky Way
Star » Evolutionary Stage » Protostar
Star » Evolutionary Stage » Young Stellar Object
Star » Circumstellar Material » Outflow
Nebula » Type » Star Formation
Nebula » Type » Jet
Nebula » Appearance » Dark » Molecular Cloud

Distance

Universescale1
600 light years

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Arrow_left_blue VLT Optical (B-band) 440.0 nm
Arrow_left_green VLT Optical (V-band) 550.0 nm
Arrow_left_red VLT Optical (R-band) 700.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Arrow_top_blue
Arrow_top_green
Arrow_top_red