Young Star Jet MHO 2147

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January 21 is 2022.
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The young star Jet Mho 2147 is a young star.
The image is licensed by the International Gemini Observatory.
L. Ferrero is a professor at the University of Crdoba.

This stunning ground-based image of stellar jets from the Gemini South Observatory was improved by laser guide stars and adaptive optics. There are two outflows from a young star. At an estimated distance of 10,000 light-years, it lies toward the central Milky Way and the boundary of the constellations Sagittarius and Ophiuchus. The star is obscured by a dense region of cold dust. The jets are still visible in the image even though the system is estimated to be about 5 light-years away. Precession is believed to be the cause of the apparent wandering direction of the jets. Part of a multiple star system, the young star's rotational axis would slowly wobble like a top under the influence of its nearby companions.

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Discover the universe! Each day a different image or photograph of our universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

January 22
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There is a Full Moon and a Dancer.
Elena Pinna has a image credit and a Copyright.

January's Full Moon rose as the Sun set. Its warm colors can be seen in this photo taken near Cagliari, the capital city of the Italian island of Sardinia. Bright highlands and dark smooth lunar maria create the familiar patterns of light and dark across the Moon's nearside. The patterns are seen as a way to give a visual illusion of a human face like the Man in the Moon or a familiar animal like the Moon rabbit. The swarm of murmuration, also known as a flock of starlings, is frozen in the snapshot's field of view. Some see a dancer in the night.

Tomorrow's picture is moons, rings, and shadows.

The authors are Robert Nemiroff and Jerry Bonnell.
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