          APOD: 2017 December 6 - HH 666: Carina Dust Pillar with Jet

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                                2017 December 6
                                      [2]
                     HH 666: Carina Dust Pillar with Jet
    Image Credit: NASA [3] , ESA [4] , Hubble [5] , HLA [6] ; Processing &
                        Copyright: Domingo Pestana [7]

Explanation: To some, it may look like [8]  a beehive [9]  harboring an evil
bee [10] . In reality, the featured Hubble [11]  image captures a cosmic
pillar of dust, two-light years [12]  long, inside of which is Herbig-Haro
[13]  666 -- a young star emitting powerful jets. The structure lies within
one of our galaxy's largest star forming regions, the Carina Nebula [14] ,
shining in southern skies at a distance of about 7,500 light-years. The pillar
[15] 's layered outline are shaped by the winds [16]  and radiation of
Carina's young, hot, massive stars, some of which are still forming inside the
nebula. A dust-penetrating view [17]  in infrared light [18] better shows [19]
 the two, narrow, energetic jets [20]  blasting outward from a still hidden
infant star.

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