The Center of the Orion Nebula

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esahubble_opo9545a1 November 20th, 1995

Credit: C.R. O'Dell (Rice University), and NASA/ESA

This spectacular colour panorama of the centre the Orion nebula is one of the largest pictures ever assembled from individual images taken with the Hubble Space Telescope. The picture, seamlessly composited from a mosaic of 15 separate fields, covers an area of sky about five percent the area covered by the full Moon.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9545a1/

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 Orion Nebula
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Star Formation
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 35m 12.7s
DEC = -5° 23’ 11.1”
Orientation
North is 0.1° CW
Field of View
8.3 x 10.0 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
opo9545a1
Subject Category
B.4.1.2  
Subject Name
Messier 42, Orion Nebula
Credits
C.R. O'Dell (Rice University), and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1995-11-20T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9545a1/
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
83.8030740673, -5.3864183621
Reference Dimension
4999.0, 5999.0
Reference Pixel
2499.5, 2999.5
Scale
-2.77218807108e-05, 2.77218807108e-05
Rotation
-0.13999999999999935
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
opo9545a1
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:44:49+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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