Hubble watches the 'flapping' of cosmic bat shadow in the Serpens Nebula
Thursday, June 25, 2020 - 14:20
in Astronomy & Space
The young star HBC 672 is known by its nickname of Bat Shadow because of its wing-like shadow feature. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has now observed a curious ''flapping'' motion in the shadow of the star's disc for the first time. The star resides in a stellar nursery called the Serpens Nebula, about 1300 light-years away.