Protoplanetary disc in the Orion Nebula

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esahubble_opo9545g November 20th, 1995

Credit: Mark McCaughrean (Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy), C. Robert O'Dell (Rice University), and NASA/ESA

Disks around young stars (also known as circumstellar or protoplanetary disks) are thought to be made up of 99% gas and 1% dust. Even that small amount of dust is enough to make the disks opaque and dark at visible wavelengths. The dark disk is seen in this image because they are silhouetted against the bright backdrop of the hot gas of the Orion nebula.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9545g/

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 NGC 1976 Orion Nebula Orion Proplyd
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Star Formation
Nebula > Appearance > Dark > Proplyd
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 35m 21.8s
DEC = -5° 23’ 54.1”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
0.1 x 0.1 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
opo9545g
Subject Category
B.4.1.2   B.4.2.3.3  
Subject Name
Messier 42, NGC 1976, Orion Nebula, Orion Proplyd
Credits
Mark McCaughrean (Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy), C. Robert O'Dell (Rice University), and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1995-11-20T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9545g/
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
83.8407798097, -5.3983522913
Reference Dimension
161.0, 161.0
Reference Pixel
80.5, 80.5
Scale
-6.91351933956e-06, 6.91351933956e-06
Rotation
0
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
opo9545g
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:44:57+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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