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HH 666: Carina Dust Pillar with Jet

By iftttauthorways4eu on Tue Dec 14 2021

To some, it may look like a beehive. In reality, the featured image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures a cosmic pillar of dust, over two-light years long, inside of which is Herbig-Haro 666 — a young star emitting powerful jets. The structure lies within one of our galaxy’s largest star forming regions, the Carina […]

Comet Leonard Before Star Cluster M3

By iftttauthorways4eu on Sun Dec 12 2021

Comet Leonard is now visible to the unaided eye — but just barely. Passing nearest to the Earth today, the comet is best seen this week soon after sunset, toward the west, low on the horizon. Currently best visible in the north, by late December the comet will best be seen from south of Earth’s […]

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