Pebble-Size Particles May Jump-Start Planet Formation

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Credit: S. Schnee, et al.; B. Saxton, B. Kent (NRAO/AUI/NSF); We acknowledge the use of NASA's SkyView Facility located at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

Radio/optical composite of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex showing the OMC-2/3 star-forming filament. GBT data is shown in orange. Uncommonly large dust grains there may kick-start planet formation.

Provider: National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Image Source: https://public.nrao.edu/gallery/pebble-size-particles-may-jump-start-planet-formation/

Curator: NRAO/AUI/NSF, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
OMC-2/3
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Star Formation

Distance

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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 35m 19.7s
DEC = -5° 3’ 13.6”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
1.0 x 1.0 degrees
Constellation
Orion

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Skyview Optical (B) 491.0 nm
Green Skyview Optical (V) 674.0 nm
Red Skyview Infrared (I) 850.0 nm
Orange GBT Radio -
Spectrum_xray1w
Blue
Green
Red
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ID
NRAO_Gallery051
Subject Category
B.4.1.2  
Subject Name
OMC-2/3
Credits
S. Schnee, et al.; B. Saxton, B. Kent (NRAO/AUI/NSF); We acknowledge the use of NASA's SkyView Facility located at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
Release Date
Lightyears
1.5E+03
Redshift
1.5E+03
Reference Url
https://public.nrao.edu/gallery/pebble-size-particles-may-jump-start-planet-formation/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Facility
Skyview, Skyview, Skyview, GBT
Instrument
Color Assignment
Blue, Green, Red, Orange
Band
Optical, Optical, Infrared, Radio
Bandpass
B, V, I, -
Central Wavelength
491, 674, 850, -
Start Time
2014-08-08T09:28:55-04:00, 2014-08-08T09:28:54-04:00, 2014-08-08T09:28:57-04:00, 2012-05-24
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
2000.0
Reference Value
83.83228302000, -5.05377817154
Reference Dimension
2700, 2700
Reference Pixel
1350.61608142351, 1350.38181942226
Scale
-0.00037041262, 0.00037041262
Rotation
-0.00055638815
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
World Coordinate System resolved using PinpointWCS 0.9.2 revision 218+ by the Chandra X-ray Center
Creator (Curator)
NRAO/AUI/NSF
URL
https://public.nrao.edu
Name
NRAO/AUI/NSF
Email
outreach@nrao.edu
Telephone
Address
520 Edgemont Road
City
Charlottesville
State/Province
Virginia
Publisher
NRAO/AUI/NSF
Publisher ID
nrao
Resource ID
Metadata Date
2018-04-12T19:04:25+00:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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