A bow shock near a young star

esahubble_opo0205a March 6th, 2002

Credit: NASA/ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

The Hubble Space Telescope continues to reveal various stunning and intricate treasures that reside within the nearby, intense star-forming region known as the Great Nebula in Orion. One such jewel is the bow shock around the very young star, LL Ori, featured in this Hubble Heritage image.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0205a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: LL Orionis • NGC 1977 510
Subject - Milky Way: Star > Evolutionary Stage > Young Stellar Object; Star > Type > Variable

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 5h 35m 5.2s; DEC = -5° 25’ 23.7”
Orientation: North is 179.7° CCW
Field of View: 1.8 x 1.5 arcminutes
Constellation: Orion

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (Nii)	658.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (H-alpha)	656.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (V)	542.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (Oiii)	502.0 nm

ID: opo0205a
Subject Category: B.3.1.2 B.3.2.1
Subject Name: LL Orionis, NGC 1977 510
Credits: NASA/ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

Release Date: 2002-03-06T06:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0205a/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes: Distance in light years to the Orion nebula

Facility: Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: Nii, H-alpha, V, Oiii
Central Wavelength: 658, 656, 542, 502

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 83.7715461914, -5.42326312002
Reference Dimension: 1074.0, 895.0

Reference Pixel: 538.0, 448.5
Scale: -2.76570631378e-05, 2.76570631378e-05
Rotation: 179.65999999999997
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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Email

Telephone
Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: opo0205a

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo0205a.tif
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Metadata Date: 2003-12-09T17:19:23+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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