Young star shoots out jet like a garden sprinkler in Orion Nebula (photo)

The Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) instrument on the ESO

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The Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) instrument on the ESO’s Very Large Telescope captured a jet of matter shaped like an S expelled from a stellar object named 244-440.  (Image credit: ESO/Kirwan et al.)

A new image captures a winding jet of material that looks like a garden sprinkler expelled by a young stellar object.

The stellar object, formally known as 244-440, resides in the Orion Nebula, a stellar nursery that lies about 1,350 light-years from Earth. Taken using the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) instrument on the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) in northern Chile, the photo captures the striking “S” shape of the jet of matter. 



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