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- Thu Oct 01, 2009 4:38 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Carina Pillar and Jets, 2009 October 1
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Re: Carina Pillar and Jets, 2009 October 1
It looks like the two jets are radially symmetric, but not collinear. Maybe the jet axis is precessing. If so, the rest of the nebula, composed of matter ejected by the star, has been sprayed out from the star, just like a rotating water sprinkler, and should also be radially symmetric. Has anyone l...