Chandra's High-Resolution Camera Reveals A Twinkling Orion Nebular Cluster
chandra_144 January 8th, 2001
Credit: NASA/CfA/S.Murray et al.
These Chandra images show the central region of the Orion Nebula, one of the closest star-forming regions to Earth. Assembled into a time-lapse movie, these observations show that, over the course of mere hours, many of the 700 objects in the field appear to "shimmer" or vary, in X-ray intensity. This flaring behavior appears to be a common characteristic of young stars. Since the Sun formed in a similar region long ago, this discovery may help us better understand how our solar system formed.
Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory
Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/orion_mov/
Curator: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- ID
- 144
- Subject Category
- B.4.1.2 B.3.6.4.1
- Subject Name
- Orion Nebula Cluster
- Credits
- NASA/CfA/S.Murray et al.
- Release Date
- 2001-01-08
- Lightyears
- 1,500
- Redshift
- 1,500
- Reference Url
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/orion_mov/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- VLT, VLT, VLT
- Instrument
- ISAAC, ISAAC, ISAAC
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- IR, IR, IR
- Bandpass
- Ks-band, H-band, Js-band
- Central Wavelength
- 2160, 1650, 1240
- Start Time
- 1999-12-21T05:33:42, 1999-12-21T05:33:42, 1999-12-21T05:33:42
- Integration Time
- 90, 90, 90
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- Equinox
- Reference Value
- Reference Dimension
- Reference Pixel
- Scale
- Rotation
- Coordinate System Projection:
- Quality
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- Chandra X-ray Observatory
- URL
- http://chandra.harvard.edu
- Name
- Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
- cxcpub@cfa.harvard.edu
- Telephone
- 617.496.7941
- Address
- 60 Garden St.
- City
- Cambridge
- State/Province
- MA
- Postal Code
- 02138
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html
- Publisher
- Chandra X-Ray Center
- Publisher ID
- chandra
- Resource ID
- orion_mov_ir.tif
- Resource URL
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/orion_mov/orion_mov_ir.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2011-07-27
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
