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Herbig-Haro object

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From George Herbig and Guillermo Haro, astronomers.

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Herbig-Haro object (plural Herbig-Haro objects)

  1. (astronomy) a small, bright knot of nebular emission in a dark, interstellar cloud of gas and dust; thought to be mass ejected from a young star
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