The Orion Nebula OMC-1 Region
Light from a few foreground stars seen in the WFPC2 image provides only a hint of the many other stars embedded in this dense cloud.
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About the Image
About the Object
| Name: | Messier 42, NGC 1976, Orion Nebula |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Star Formation |
| 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 |
