The Orion Nebula

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esahubble_opo9424a June 13th, 1994

Credit: C.R. O'Dell/Rice University NASA/ESA

This is one of the nearest regions of very recent star formation (300, 000 years ago). The nebula is a giant gas cloud illuminated by the brightest of the young hot stars at the top of the picture. Many of the fainter young stars are surrounded by disks of dust and gas that are slightly more than twice the diameter of the Solar System.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9424a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
M 42 Messier 42 NGC 1976 Orion Nebula
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Star Formation
Esahubble_opo9424a_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 35m 18.4s
DEC = -5° 24’ 19.7”
Orientation
North is 75.4° CW
Field of View
2.5 x 2.5 arcminutes
Constellation
Orion

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (NII) 658.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (H-alpha) 656.0 nm
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (OIII) 502.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
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ID
opo9424a
Subject Category
B.4.1.2  
Subject Name
M 42, Messier 42, NGC 1976, Orion Nebula
Credits
C.R. O'Dell/Rice University NASA/ESA
Release Date
1994-06-13T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9424a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
NII, H-alpha, OIII
Central Wavelength
658, 656, 502
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
83.8266441, -5.4054652
Reference Dimension
1493.0, 1485.0
Reference Pixel
747.5, 743.5
Scale
2.76677826441e-05, 2.79544785519e-05
Rotation
-75.4
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
WCS info from NASA/Hubble
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
opo9424a
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:41:30+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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