The Orion Nebula in fulldome
The Orion Nebula rotates overhead like a celestial pinwheel in this fulldome clip. The gas and dust seen here provides a cradle for hundreds of young stars and is beautifully sculpted and illuminated by radiation from the hotter, more massive stars within the swirling and outlandish cloud.
For more information see the original image.
Credit:NASA, ESA, M. Robberto (Space Telescope Science Institute/ESA) and the Hubble Space Telescope Orion Treasury Project Team
About the Video
| Id: | heic0601a_fd |
| Release date: | 11 January 2006, 16:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0601 |
| Duration: | 50 s |
| Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
| Name: | Messier 42, Messier 43, Orion Nebula |
| Type: | Milky Way : Nebula : Appearance : Emission : H II Region Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Star Formation |
| Category: | Nebulae |
