Gas Plume Near the Edge of the Orion Nebula
A NASA Hubble Space Telescope "true color" mosaic image of a small portion of the Orion Nebula, taken the Wide Field and Planetary Camera (in wide field mode).
Hubble shows a wealth of detail never seen before in the nebula. New features include: elongated objects oriented on the brightest stars in this region (which are located just off the edge of the picture); rapidly expanding plumes of material around young stars; and protoplanetary disks.
This color photograph is a composite of separate images taken at the wavelengths of three abundant elements in the nebula: Hydrogen, Oxygen and Nitrogen. The images were taken August 13 and 14, 1991.
The image is 1.29 light-years across.
Credit:C.R. O'Dell (Rice University), and NASA
About the Image
NASA press release
| Id: | opo9229a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 16 December 1992, 06:00 |
| Size: | 2448 x 2369 px |
About the Object
| Name: | M 42, Messier 42, NGC 1976, Orion Nebula |
| Type: | Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Star Formation |
| Distance: | 1400 light years |
| Constellation: | Orion |
| Category: | Nebulae |
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 5 35 16.54 |
| Position (Dec): | -5° 24' 58.88" |
| Field of view: | 2.69 x 2.61 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 114.1° right of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
|---|---|
| Optical |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC1 |