198-222

Esahubble_heic0917ay_1024

esahubble_heic0917ay December 14th, 2009

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

One of 42 new proplyds discovered in the Orion Nebula, 198-222 is one of the bright proplyds that lies relatively close to the nebulas brightest star, Theta 1 Orionis C. The 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/heic0917ay/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
198-222 Messier 42 Orion Nebula
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Circumstellar Material > Disk > Protoplanetary
Nebula > Type > Star Formation

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Hubble (ACS) Optical (B) 435.0 nm
Green Hubble (ACS) Optical (V) 555.0 nm
Red Hubble (ACS) Optical (R) 775.0 nm
Luminosity Hubble (ACS) Optical (H-alpha) 658.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Blue
Green
Red
Luminosity
Esahubble_heic0917ay_1280
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ID
heic0917ay
Subject Category
B.3.7.2.1   B.4.1.2  
Subject Name
198-222, Messier 42, Orion Nebula
Credits
NASA/ESA and L. Ricci (ESO)
Release Date
2009-12-14T16:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0917ay/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
ACS, ACS, ACS, ACS
Color Assignment
Blue, Green, Red, Luminosity
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
B, V, R, H-alpha
Central Wavelength
435, 555, 775, 658
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
128.0, 128.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
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
heic0917ay
Metadata Date
2009-12-08T20:34:36+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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