Sculpting the landscape

Esahubble_heic0601g_1024

esahubble_heic0601g January 11th, 2006

Credit: NASA, ESA, M. Robberto ( Space Telescope Science Institute/ESA) and the Hubble Space Telescope Orion Treasury Project Team

This glowing region reveals arcs and bubbles formed when stellar winds - streams of charged particles ejected by the Trapezium stars - collide with material.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0601g/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Messier 42 Messier 43 Orion Nebula
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Star Formation
Nebula > Appearance > Emission > H II Region
Esahubble_heic0601g_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 34m 34.1s
DEC = -5° 26’ 11.3”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
6.6 x 4.9 arcminutes
Constellation
Orion

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (ACS) Infrared (Z) 850.0 nm
Red Hubble (ACS) Infrared (I) 775.0 nm
Orange Hubble (ACS) Optical (H-alpha) 658.0 nm
Green Hubble (ACS) Optical (V) 555.0 nm
Blue Hubble (ACS) Optical (B) 435.0 nm
Additional observational data from the WFI instrument on the ESO.MPG 2.2-metre telescope.
Spectrum_base
Red
Red
Orange
Green
Blue
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ID
heic0601g
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/heic0601g/
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
83.6421490873, -5.43646080257
Reference Dimension
3939.0, 2955.0
Reference Pixel
1969.5, 1477.5
Scale
-2.78029945424e-05, 2.78029945424e-05
Rotation
-0.020000000000000049
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email
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
heic0601g
Metadata Date
2006-01-02T14:14:31-05:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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