109-327

esahubble_heic0917ag December 14th, 2009

Credit: NASA/ESA and L. Ricci (ESO)

One of 42 new proplyds discovered in the Orion Nebula, 109-327 is one of the bright proplyds that lies relatively close to the nebulas brightest star, Theta 1 Orionis C. This tadpole-shaped tail is actually a jet of matter flowing away from the excited cusp.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0917ag/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type: Observation
Object Name: 109-327 • Messier 42 • Orion Nebula
Subject - Milky Way: Star > Circumstellar Material > Disk > Protoplanetary; Nebula > Type > Star Formation

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Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (ACS)	(B)	-
Hubble (ACS)	(V)	-
Hubble (ACS)	(R)	-
Hubble (ACS)	(H-alpha)	-
None (None)		-
None (None)		-

ID: heic0917ag
Subject Category: B.3.7.2.1 B.4.1.2
Subject Name: 109-327, Messier 42, Orion Nebula
Credits: NASA/ESA and L. Ricci (ESO)

Release Date: 2009-12-14T16:00:00
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Reference Url: http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0917ag/

Type: Observation
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Facility: Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, None, None
Instrument: ACS, ACS, ACS, ACS, None, None
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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: heic0917ag

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic0917ag.tif
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Metadata Date: 2009-12-08T20:35:25+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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