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Credit & Copyright: NASA,
ESA,
F. Summers, G. Bacon,
Z. Levay, J. DePasquale, L. Frattare, M. Robberto, M. Gennaro (STScI) and R. Hurt (Caltech/IPAC)
Explanation:
This exciting and unfamiliar view
of the Orion Nebula is a visualization based on
astronomical data
and movie rendering techniques.
Up close and personal with a famous stellar nursery
normally seen
from 1,500 light-years away, the digitally modeled
frame transitions from a visible light representation based on
Hubble data on the left to infrared data from the
Spitzer Space Telescope on the right.
The perspective at the center looks along a valley over a
light-year wide, in the wall of the region's giant molecular cloud.
Orion's valley ends in a cavity carved by the energetic winds
and radiation of the massive central stars of the
Trapezium star cluster.
The single frame is part of a multiwavelength, three-dimensional video
that lets the viewer experience an immersive,
three
minute flight through the Great Nebula of Orion.
Z. Levay, J. DePasquale, L. Frattare, M. Robberto, M. Gennaro (STScI) and R. Hurt (Caltech/IPAC)
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Publications with keywords: Orion Nebula
Publications with words: Orion Nebula
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