DG Tauri — Disc and Jets

DG Tauri — Disc and Jets — nebula, explore its interactive 3D model in Cosmoscope.

Explore DG Tauri — Disc and Jets in an interactive 3D view of space. Inspect its astronomical data and the observations or reconstructions behind the model.

DG Tauri is a young star accreting material from a surrounding disc while launching opposing jets. This Chandra/INAF reconstruction shows the system as a gas volume, with a denser disc and more transparent jets. Relative structure, fine gas texture and assigned colours are illustrative; the source is not a resolved photographic surface map.

Type

Young T Tauri star with disc and jets

Distance

About 410 light-years

Displayed jet span

Approximately 700 AU; illustrative model scaling

3D model

INAF/Salvatore Orlando · NASA/CXC/A. Jubett

Structure

Observation-informed model of a developing stellar system

Appearance

Absorbing disc and emitting gas jets; assigned colours and illustrative orientation

Explore DG Tauri — Disc and Jets in 3D

DG Tauri — Disc and Jets is placed in three-dimensional space using catalogue coordinates and an adopted astronomical distance. Rotate and zoom to explore the model. Stellar surfaces, gas structure and dust depths may be reconstructed or illustrative, as described in its facts; this is not live imagery from a telescope.