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LL Ori bow shock in Orion nebula. The star's wind collides with the nebula flow. Hubble, 1995

A bow shock is the area between a magnetosphere and an ambient medium. For stars, this is typically the boundary between their stellar wind and the interstellar medium.

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• Related: Shock wave, Heliosheath

Bow shock image (BZ Cam) Bow shock image (BZ Cam) antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0011/bzcam_wiyn.gif - Web

Bow shock image (IRS8) Bow shock image (IRS8) antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0010/gcenter2_gemini_big.jpg - Web

Bow shock image (HD77581) Bow shock image (HD77581) www.eso.org/public/archives/images/screen/eso9702a.jpg - Web

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Bow shock image (LL Ori) Bow shock image (LL Ori) imgsrc.hubblesite.org/.../large_web.jpg - Web

Good diagram from a research paper on shocks Good diagram from a research paper on shocks www.atnf.csiro.au/pasa/17_1/cairns/paper/node1.html#fig3 - Web

More on the Voyagers More on the Voyagers www.dartmouth.edu/~hrm/R/heliosphere.html - Web

Hear Jovian bow shock from the Uni. of Iowa Hear Jovian bow shock from the Uni. of Iowa www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/space-audio/sounds/jovbow.wav - Web

Cluster spacecraft makes a shocking discovery (Pla... Cluster spacecraft makes a shocking discovery (Planetary Bow Shock) www.physorg.com/news98367923.html - Web

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