Is this an hourglass or a plume? Or neither?

• by vrooje admin, scientist

  Let's discuss!

  Posted December 17, 2013 2:52 PM

• by DocR scientist

  Only the IR is visible in the posted image, so we can't really tell.

  Posted December 17, 2013 5:32 PM

• by vrooje admin, scientist

  Agreed -- for the moment you'll have to click on the image and view the "subject" page to see the sliders. This may change in the future, but at the moment the radio doesn't appear here!

  ----update: sliders and contours now appear...

  Posted December 17, 2013 6:12 PM

• by DocR scientist

  This is almost certainly an #hourglass, where jets have come out to the left and right from the central infrared galaxy. It's just that they are so compact here, that the seem to merge, making it difficult to figure out the exact structure.

  Posted December 17, 2013 6:35 PM

• by stasmanian scientist

  Good one @DocR and @klmasters. I also think it's an #hourglass, but quite a small one.

  Posted December 17, 2013 9:55 PM

• by ronijohnson4

  The oblong shape, and the symmetry lead me to believe that it is a small hourglass.

  Posted April 26, 2018 4:53 PM