The stellar jets of HH 24 in 3D

This movie envisions a three-dimensional perspective on the Herbig-Haro object as it is seen by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

The sequence starts with a wide-field view covering the vast dark cloud of the Orion B molecular cloud complex and a scattering of stars. As the virtual camera flies into the dark nebula, the stars pass off-screen and the details of the forming stars and their red jets are revealed.

While the central star is hidden, its lightsabre-like jets peak out of the gas and dust. These jets have carved an hourglass-shaped cavity in the near side of the nebula.

The jet from another stellar newborn in this region has created a cylindrical tunnel through the gas extending to the left. Careful study of the Hubble data reveals a few other jets heating and displacing the gas and dust around them.