The Orion Nebula: The Jewel in the Sword
This image shows smaller, particularly interesting areas of ESO Press Photo eso0104a. It shows the delicate tracery created at the so-called Bright Bar, as the intense UV-light and strong winds from the hot Trapezium stars eat their way into the surrounding molecular cloud. Also visible are a number of very young red objects partly hidden in the cloud, waiting to be revealed as new members of the Trapezium Cluster.
Credit:
ESO/M.McCaughrean et al. (AIP)
About the Image
| Id: | eso0104c |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 17 January 2001 |
| Related releases: | eso0104 |
| Size: | 1740 x 1560 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Messier 42, Trapezium Cluster |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Cluster • Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Star Formation • Nebulae • Star Clusters |
| Distance: | 1400 light years |
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 19h 38m 20.61s |
| Position (Dec): | -75° 12' 57.74" |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
| Infrared J |
Very Large Telescope ISAAC |
| Infrared H |
Very Large Telescope ISAAC |
| Infrared K |
Very Large Telescope ISAAC |
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