esahubble_heic0917am December 14th, 2009
Credit: NASA/ESA and L. Ricci (ESO)
One of 42 new proplyds discovered in the Orion Nebula, 170-249 is one of the bright proplyds that lies relatively close to the nebula’s brightest star, Theta 1 Orionis C. The tadpole-shaped tail is actually a jet of matter flowing away from the excited cusp.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0917am/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany
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