M43: Part of Orion Nebula
noirlab_noao-m43lee June 9th, 2014
Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Pat and Chris Lee/Adam Block
M43 is part of the much larger Orion Nebula complex. Here we see an extremely bright OB star that is creating a matter bound Stromgren sphere. This means that the star is ionizing the gas that is near it, making a sphere of glowing (pink) hydrogen gas. The size of this sphere is determined by the density of gas/dust that surrounds the star. Another good example of this process can be found in IC 1274. M43 and the Orion Nebula are around 1500 light years away. Many new stars will be formed from these clouds of gas. This image was taken as part of Advanced Observing Program (AOP) program at Kitt Peak Visitor Center during 2014.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m43lee/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noao-m43lee
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- M43
- Credits
- KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Pat and Chris Lee/Adam Block
- Release Date
- 2014-06-09T08:14:42
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m43lee/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Visitor Center 0.5-meter Telescope, Visitor Center 0.5-meter Telescope, Visitor Center 0.5-meter Telescope, Visitor Center 0.5-meter Telescope
- Instrument
- Other CCD, Other CCD, Other CCD, Other CCD
- Color Assignment
- Luminosity, Blue, Green, Red
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- Broad Band, B, G, R
- Central Wavelength
- 555, 438, 475, 625
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 83.8887747468, -5.27889433326
- Reference Dimension
- 1908.0, 1463.0
- Reference Pixel
- 954.0, 731.5
- Scale
- -9.48683117954e-05, 9.48683117954e-05
- Rotation
- 39.980000000000111
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- NSF's NOIRLab
- URL
- https://noirlab.edu
- Name
- Telephone
- Address
- 950 North Cherry Ave.
- City
- Tucson
- State/Province
- AZ
- Postal Code
- 85719
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Publisher
- NSF's NOIRLab
- Publisher ID
- noirlab
- Resource ID
- noao-m43lee
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-m43lee.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2021-08-30T17:53:49+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
