Very young brown dwarfs in the Orion Nebula

This is an animated GIF of a colour composite of near-infrared images of the central regions of the Orion Nebula and its corresponding finding chart, obtained on March 14, 2000, with the SOFI instrument at the ESO 3.5-m New Technology Telescope (NTT) at La Silla. Three exposures were made through J- (wavelength 1.25 µm here colour-coded as "blue"), H- (1.65 µm; "green") and Ks-filters (2.16 µm; "red"), respectively. The central group of bright stars is the famous "Trapezium" . The total effective exposure time was 86.4 seconds per band. The sky field measures about 4.9 x 4.9 arcmin 2 (1024 x 1024 pix 2). North is up and East is left.

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ESO

À propos de l'image

Identification:eso0124c
Type:Observation
Date de publication:7 juin 2001
Communiqués de presse en rapport:eso0124
Taille:482 x 465 px

À propos de l'objet

Nom:Messier 42, Orion Nebula
Type:Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Star Formation
Milky Way : Star : Type : Brown Dwarf
Distance:1400 années lumière
Catégorie:Nebulae

Formats des images

Grand JPEG
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JPEG taille écran
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Couleurs & filtres

DomaineLongueur d'ondeTélescope
Infrarouge
J
1.25 μmNew Technology Telescope
SOFI
Infrarouge
H
1.65 μmNew Technology Telescope
SOFI
Infrarouge
K
2.16 μmNew Technology Telescope
SOFI