This Hubble image was first released by NASA for the release of “Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens,” in December 2015. It is an Herbig-Haro (HH) object – this one is HH24 – and is located in the Orion B molecular cloud complex, located 1,350 light-years away from Earth.
For the details of what a Herbig-Haro object is and how they are formed have a look here:
Herbig-Haro Jet HH 24 (hubblesite.org)
That is the science stuff – but it does look like a Star Wars lightsabre!
Have a good weekend.
Clive Catton MSc (Cyber Security) – by-line and other articles
Further Reading
Luke Skywalker – when not saving a princess in Star Wars he is a SysAdmin
