IRAS 05506 +2414 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: ESA/Hubble & & NASA, R. Sahai
A bright young star is surrounded by a shroud of thick gas and dust in this stunning image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Hubbles Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) examined a young excellent things, over 9,000 light-years away in the constellation Taurus, to assist astronomers comprehend the earliest stages in the lives of huge stars.
Normally, the swirling discs of product surrounding a young star are funneled into twin outflows of gas and dust from the star. When it comes to IRAS 05506 +2414, nevertheless, a fan-like spray of material taking a trip at speeds of approximately 350 kilometers per second (780,000 miles per hour) is spreading outwards from the center of this image.
Astronomers turned to Hubbles Wide Field Camera 3 to measure the distance to IRAS 05506 +2414. While it is possible to measure the velocity of material speeding outwards from the star, astronomers can not inform how far from Earth the star really is from a single observation. By measuring the range that the outflow takes a trip in between successive images, they will be able to presume the distance to IRAS 05506 +2414. This will enable astronomers to identify how intense the star is and just how much energy it is releasing, and hence to estimate its mass– all essential details that will assist to understand the origin of this brilliant young stars unusual outflow.
By ESA/Hubble
September 18, 2022