Herbig–Haro objects

E290083

Herbig–Haro objects are small, bright patches of nebulosity formed when jets of gas from newborn stars collide with surrounding interstellar material.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Herbig–Haro objects canonical 5
Herbig-Haro objects 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical object
emission nebula
shock-excited nebula
associatedWith protostar
star formation regions
young stellar object
cataloguedAs HH 1
HH 111
HH 2
HH 34
discoveredBy George Herbig
Guillermo Haro
discoveryEpoch 1950s
distanceFromEarthRange hundreds to thousands of light-years
drivenBy accretion disk around young star
magnetohydrodynamic processes
emits H-alpha line
forbidden emission lines
optical emission lines
formsWhen jets of gas from young stars collide with surrounding interstellar material
foundIn molecular cloud
star-forming region
hasAlternativeName HH object
hasEnvironment cold molecular gas
dense interstellar medium
hasMorphology bow shock
collimated jet
knotty structure
hasPhysicalProcess gas ionization
shock wave
supersonic jet
isA small bright patch of nebulosity
lifetime about 10,000 years
locatedNear Class I protostar
T Tauri star
namedAfter George Herbig
Guillermo Haro
observedIn infrared wavelengths
optical wavelengths
radio wavelengths
occursIn Milky Way
oftenAppearsAs bipolar jet system
spectralCharacteristic strong [N II] emission lines
strong [O I] emission lines
strong [S II] emission lines
typicalSize a few thousand astronomical units
typicalVelocity hundreds of kilometers per second
usedToTrace accretion and ejection processes in star formation
outflows from young stars

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carina Nebula contains Herbig–Haro objects
Messier 20 contains Herbig–Haro objects
Corona Australis contains Herbig–Haro objects
Perseus molecular cloud complex contains Herbig–Haro objects
this entity surface form: Herbig-Haro objects
Orion Nebula contains Herbig–Haro objects
NGC 3372 containsObject Herbig–Haro objects