Protoplanetary Disc
A Hubble Space Telescope view of a very young star (between 300, 000 and a million years of age) surrounded by material left over from the star's formation. The cool, reddish star is about one fifth the mass of our Sun.
Credit:About the Image
About the Object
| Name: | M 42, Messier 42, NGC 1976, Orion Proplyd |
| Type: | Milky Way : Nebula : Appearance : Dark : Proplyd |
| Distance: | 1400 light years |
| Category: | Nebulae |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical OIII | 502 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
| Optical H-alpha | 656 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
| Optical NII | 658 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |