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Stellar jet HH 2

August 31, 2011 · ESA/Hubble

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This video shows the evolution over time of Herbig-Haro object HH 2, a jet expelled from a newborn star in the constellation of Orion. The video was made by stitching together observations of HH 2 made in 1994, 1997 and 2007.