The Orion Nebula and Trapezium Cluster (detail)
This image shows smaller, particularly interesting areas of ESO Press Photo eso0104a. The traces of a massive outflow of gas from a very young object embedded in the dense molecular cloud behind the Orion Nebula. Shards of gas from the explosion create shocks and leave bow-waves as they move at speeds of up to 200 km/sec from the source.
Credit:
ESO/M.McCaughrean et al. (AIP)
About the Image
| Id: | eso0104b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 17 January 2001 |
| Related releases: | eso0104 |
| Size: | 1957 x 2542 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Orion Nebula, Trapezium Cluster |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Cluster • Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Star Formation • Nebulae • Star Clusters |
| Distance: | 1400 light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
| Infrared J |
Very Large Telescope (VLT) ISAAC |
| Infrared H |
Very Large Telescope (VLT) ISAAC |
| Infrared K |
Very Large Telescope (VLT) ISAAC |
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