 Infrared images from instruments at Kitt Peak National Observatory (left) and NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope document the outburst of HOPS 383, a young protostar in the Orion star-formation complex. The background is a wide view of the region taken from a Spitzer four-color infrared mosaic. | |
| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Orion |
| Right ascension | 5h 35m 29.81s |
| Declination | −4° 59′ 51.1″ |
| Characteristics | |
| Evolutionary stage | Class 0 protostar |
| Astrometry | |
| Distance | 1,400 ly (420 pc) |
| Other designations | |
HOPS 383 | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
HOPS 383 is a Class 0 protostar. It is the first Class 0 protostar discovered to have had an outburst,[1] and as of 2020, the youngest protostar known to have had an outburst.[1] The outburst, discovered by the Herschel Orion Protostar Survey (HOPS) team, was first reported in February 2015 in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.[2]
- ^ a b "NASA satellites catch 'growth spurt' from newborn protostar". Science Daily. 24 March 2015.
- ^ McKinney, Donna (2015-02-25). "NRL Astrophysicist Explores Star Formation in Orion's Belt". United States Naval Research Laboratory. Retrieved 2022-06-24.