Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  44 Ori)  ·  Lower Sword  ·  NGC 1980  ·  NGC 1999  ·  The star Hatysa (ι Ori
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HH 222, John Bozeman
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HH 222

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HH 222

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My absolute favorite part of the sky: Herbig-Haro 222

HH 222 is a giant shocked region in the L1641 cloud, and is popularly known as the Orion Streamers or "the waterfall" on account of its unusual structure. At the center of these streamers are two infrared sources coincident with a nonthermal radio jet aligned along the principal streamer. The unique morphology of HH 222 has long been associated with this radio jet. However, new infrared images show that the two sources are distant elliptical galaxies, indicating that the radio jet is merely an improbable line-of-sight coincidence. Accurate proper motion measurements of HH 222 reveal that the shock structure is a giant bow shock moving directly away from the well-known, very young, Herbig Be star V380 Ori.


Data from the Palomar Digital Sky Survey II


Processed with FITS Liberator, Graxpert 3.0, Registar, PixInsight and Photoshop 2024.

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HH 222, John Bozeman