Trapezium Cluster in the Orion Nebula

Esahubble_opo0019c_1024

esahubble_opo0019c August 24th, 2000

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

The brown dwarfs are too dim to be seen in a visible-light image taken by the Hubble telescope's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2. This view also doesn't show the assemblage of infant stars seen in the near-infrared image. That's because the young stars are embedded in dense clouds of dust and gas. The Hubble telescope's near-infrared camera, the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer, penetrated those clouds to capture a view of those objects.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0019c/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Trapezium Cluster
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Grouping > Cluster > Open
Nebula > Type > Star Formation
Esahubble_opo0019c_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 35m 16.8s
DEC = -5° 22’ 60.0”
Orientation
North is 1.3° CW
Field of View
2.4 x 2.4 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
Esahubble_opo0019c_1280
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ID
opo0019c
Subject Category
B.3.6.4.1   B.4.1.2  
Subject Name
Trapezium Cluster
Credits
C.R. O'Dell and S.K. Wong (Rice University) and NASA/ESA
Release Date
2000-08-24T07:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0019c/
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
83.8198610402, -5.38332975198
Reference Dimension
700.0, 701.0
Reference Pixel
350.0, 350.5
Scale
-5.6398133871e-05, 5.6398133871e-05
Rotation
-1.3200000000000003
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
opo0019c
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:16:15+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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