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.
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About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo9424c |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 13 June 1994, 06:00 |
| Size: | 640 x 448 px |
About the Object
| Name: | M 42, Messier 42, NGC 1976, Orion Proplyd |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Nebula : Appearance : Dark : Proplyd |
| Distance: | 1400 light years |
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 |
