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As the young stars rotate, their magnetic fields interact with the surrounding gas, creating the two streams of ionized gas emitted in opposite directions, which can be seen in the new photos taken by the Gemini South telescope, located on a mountain in the Chilean Andes and operated by NOIRLab. Gemini South is a 8.
"MHO 2147 snakes across a starry backdrop in the image — an appropriately serpentine appearance for an object close to Ophiuchus," officials said in the NOIRLab statement.