| Molecular cloud | |
|---|---|
| Herbig-Haro object | |
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| Observation data: J2000.0[1] epoch | |
| Right ascension | 05h 49m 2.30s[1] |
| Declination | −70° 05′ 25.0″[1] |
| Distance | 163,000 ly |
| Constellation | Mensa |
HH 1177 is a Herbig–Haro object located within emission nebula NGC 2122 in the Large Magellanic Cloud. It is a jet from a massive young B-type star.[2] It has a mass of around 15 M☉.[2] It is the first star outside the Milky Way observed to be surrounded by an accretion disk, whose radius is ~6000 AU.[2][3] The presence of the disk is inferred from the behaviour of massive jets originating from the star, which were detected for first time in 2018. [3][4]
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See also
- HD 37974, also circled by a dust disk
Reference
- "HH 1177". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
- "A probable Keplerian disk feeding an optically revealed massive young star". nature.com.
- "Astronomers discover disk around star in another galaxy for the 1st time ever". Astronomy.com.
- "A parsec-scale optical jet from a massive young star in the Large Magellanic Cloud". nature.com.