A bow shock near a young star

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esahubble_opo0205a March 6th, 2002

Credit: NASA/ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

The Hubble Space Telescope continues to reveal various stunning and intricate treasures that reside within the nearby, intense star-forming region known as the Great Nebula in Orion. One such jewel is the bow shock around the very young star, LL Ori, featured in this Hubble Heritage image.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0205a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
LL Orionis NGC 1977 510
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Evolutionary Stage > Young Stellar Object
Star > Type > Variable
Esahubble_opo0205a_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 35m 5.2s
DEC = -5° 25’ 23.7”
Orientation
North is 179.7° CCW
Field of View
1.8 x 1.5 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 (V) 542.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (Oiii) 502.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Esahubble_opo0205a_1280
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ID
opo0205a
Subject Category
B.3.1.2   B.3.2.1  
Subject Name
LL Orionis, NGC 1977 510
Credits
NASA/ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Release Date
2002-03-06T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0205a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years to the Orion nebula
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
Nii, H-alpha, V, Oiii
Central Wavelength
658, 656, 542, 502
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
83.7715461914, -5.42326312002
Reference Dimension
1074.0, 895.0
Reference Pixel
538.0, 448.5
Scale
-2.76570631378e-05, 2.76570631378e-05
Rotation
179.65999999999997
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
opo0205a
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:19:23+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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