Visible Light Image of BHR 71
Credit: VLT/J. Alves (ESO), E. Tolstoy (Groningen), R. Fosbury (ST-ECF), & R. Hook (ST-ECF)
Observation • April 17th, 2007 • sig07-005c
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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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About the Object
- Name
- BHR 71
- Type
- 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
- 600 Light Years
Color Mapping
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical | 440 nm | VLT |
| Optical | 550 nm | VLT |
| Optical | 700 nm | VLT |
Astrometrics
- Position (J2000)
- RA =12h 1m 41.9s
- Dec = -65° 8' 45.3"
- Field of View
- 6.7 x 6.7 arcminutes
- Orientation
- North is up
