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Herbig-Haro object

(HH, HHO)
(type of glowing nebula near protostars)

A Herbig-Haro object (HH or HHO) is a small, glowing nebula resulting from the collision of the plasma of a jet from a protostar with the surrounding ISM. They are found on the order of a parsec from the protostar. Sometimes a single such star has two HHs, from opposing jets. They are found in star-forming regions, often near Bok globules.


(protostars,jets,star formation,nebulae,object type)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbig-Haro_object
https://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/h/herbig-haro+object
https://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/H/Herbig-Haro_object.html
https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1993/news-1993-17.html
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1997IAUS..182....3R/abstract
PrefixExample  
HHHH 36generic designator
HHLHHL 63HH-likehttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1987RMxAA..15...53G/abstract

Referenced by pages:
cloud
emission-line object

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