January 21, 2022

The jet MHO 2147 (Image International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA. Acknowledgments: PI: L. Ferrero (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba))

An article published in the journal “Astronomy and Astrophysics” reports observations of stellar jets cataloged as MHO 2147 and MHO 1502 emitted by two protostellar sources. A team of researchers used the Gemini South telescope in Chile to study those jets, which have an appearance that is likely influenced by the gravitational pull of companion stars. The quality of the observations is due to the adaptive optics system designed to compensate for the distortion caused by the Earth’s atmosphere.