Orion in miniature
esahubble_heic0601c January 11th, 2006
Credit: NASA, ESA, M. Robberto ( Space Telescope Science Institute/ESA) and the Hubble Space Telescope Orion Treasury Project Team
A massive star is illuminating this small region, called M43, and sculpting the landscape of dust and gas. Astronomers call the area a miniature Orion Nebula because of its small size and the single star that is shaping it. The Orion Nebula itself is much larger and has four hefty stars that are carving the dust-and-gas terrain.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0601c/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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Color Mapping
| Telescope | Spectral Band | Wavelength | |
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Hubble (ACS) | Infrared (Z) | 850.0 nm |
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Hubble (ACS) | Infrared (I) | 775.0 nm |
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Hubble (ACS) | Optical (H-alpha) | 658.0 nm |
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Hubble (ACS) | Optical (V) | 555.0 nm |
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Hubble (ACS) | Optical (B) | 435.0 nm |
| Additional observational data from the WFI instrument on the ESO.MPG 2.2-metre telescope. | |||
- ID
- heic0601c
- Subject Category
- B.4.1.2 B.4.2.1.1
- Subject Name
- Messier 42, Messier 43, Orion Nebula
- Credits
- NASA, ESA, M. Robberto ( Space Telescope Science Institute/ESA) and the Hubble Space Telescope Orion Treasury Project Team
- Release Date
- 2006-01-11T16:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0601c/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
- Instrument
- ACS, ACS, ACS, ACS, ACS
- Color Assignment
- Red, Red, Orange, Green, Blue
- Band
- Infrared, Infrared, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- Z, I, H-alpha, V, B
- Central Wavelength
- 850, 775, 658, 555, 435
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- A
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 83.8867336137, -5.26724621253
- Reference Dimension
- 3939.0, 2955.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1969.0, 1477.0
- Scale
- -2.78199077144e-05, 2.78199077144e-05
- Rotation
- 0
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- ESA/Hubble
- URL
- http://www.spacetelescope.org/
- Name
- Telephone
- Address
- Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
- City
- Garching bei München
- State/Province
- Postal Code
- D-85748
- Country
- Germany
- Rights
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Publisher
- ESA/Hubble
- Publisher ID
- esahubble
- Resource ID
- heic0601c
- Resource URL
- http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic0601c.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2006-01-02T14:13-05:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
