2000 March 21
			
		
		
		
			The complex interactions of three stars in the 
Orion B molecular cloud complex have resulted 
in the ejection of particles along a 12 
light-year long jet.  
One of the stars in the 
HH111 system has apparently also been ejected 
leaving two stars tightly bound in a 
binary orbit.  
The spectacular 
jet 
emanates from one of these two stars. 
The 
complete system is quite complex and involves 
another less-luminous jet and disks of rapidly rotation gas.  
In the top part of 
this Hubble Space Telescope image taken in visible light, 
successive bubbles are seen to move along the jet.  
At the bottom in infrared light, a 
torus of dark 
dust and gas from 
which the stars formed millions of years ago can be seen.  
Protons and 
electrons zip along near 500 kilometers per second in the 
HH111 jet, which is about 1500 light-years away.
		
		
