Proplyds

esahubble_opo9424b June 13th, 1994

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

A Hubble Space Telescope view of a small portion of the Orion Nebula reveals five young stars. Four of the stars are surrounded by gas and dust trapped as the stars formed, but were left in orbit about the star. These are possibly protoplanetary disks, or 'proplyds', that might evolve on to agglomerate planets.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9424b/

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: M 42 • Messier 42 • NGC 1976 • Orion Proplyd
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Appearance > Dark > Proplyd

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 5h 35m 18.4s; DEC = -5° 24’ 15.8”
Orientation: North is 75.4° CW
Field of View: 0.5 x 0.4 arcminutes
Constellation: Orion

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (NII)	658.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (H-alpha)	656.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (OIII)	502.0 nm

ID: opo9424b
Subject Category: B.4.2.3.3
Subject Name: M 42, Messier 42, NGC 1976, Orion Proplyd
Credits: C.R. O'Dell/Rice University NASA/ESA

Release Date: 1994-06-13T06:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9424b/

Type: Observation
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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

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 83.8265031476, -5.40440067561
Reference Dimension: 510.0, 381.0

Reference Pixel: 255.0, 190.5
Scale: -1.63913799756e-05, 1.63913799756e-05
Rotation: -75.379999999999967
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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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: opo9424b

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9424b.tif
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Metadata Date: 2003-12-09T17:41:32+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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