Hubble Space Telescope images and follow-up spectroscopy of the Orion nebula

Details Hubble Space Telescope images and follow-up spectroscopy of the Orion nebula Hubble Space Telescope images and follow-up spectroscopy of the Orion nebula

Aug 1991

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(Rice University and University of Texas, Texas-Mexico Conference on Astrophysics: Plasmas in Astrophysics, 3rd, Rice University

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Herbig-Haro Objects, Hubble Space Telescope, Imaging Spectrometers, Orion Nebula, Bow Waves, Fine Structure, H Beta Line, H Ii Regions

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Recently published HST images of the Orion nebula reveal elephant-trunk structures, an apparent jet of material, and fine-scale structure in the Herbig-Haro object HH2, which is located at the base of an elephant trunk. High-resolution spectroscopy shows that the apparent jet is actually an ionization front seen edge-on. HH2 shows a complex structure in the several stages of ionization observed. There seem to be two velocity systems characterized by a bright central region and an accompanying shell-like emission. These two systems are most likely to be the result of a bow shock and corresponding Mach disk formed from the interaction of a collimated jet and the ambient gas of the nebula.

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