Orion Nebula: Hubble Space Telescope View Vs. Ground-Based View
stsci_1990-24a October 4th, 1990
Credit: NASA, ESA, and STScI Ground Image: Copyright D. Malin/Anglo-Australian Southern Observatory
This composite image shows the location of a one light-year square region in the Orion Nebula, which was imaged by WFPC. The area is near the edge of a cavity of ionized hydrogen, which is heated by ultraviolet radiation from a star cluster at the center of the nebula. (Ground-based Orion Nebula photo copyright David Malin/Anglo-Australian Southern Observatory)
Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute
Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1990/news-1990-24
Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA
Image Use Policy: http://hubblesite.org/copyright/
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- ID
- 1990-24a
- Subject Category
- B.4.1.2
- Subject Name
- Orion Nebula, M42, NGC 1976
- Credits
- NASA, ESA, and STScI Ground Image: Copyright D. Malin/Anglo-Australian Southern Observatory
- Release Date
- 1990-10-04T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- 1,400
- Redshift
- 1,400
- Reference Url
- https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1990/news-1990-24
- Type
- Collage
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Light Years
- Facility
- Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
- Instrument
- WFPC, WFPC, WFPC
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Red, Green
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- OIII, Ha, SII
- Central Wavelength
- 502, 676, 673
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- Equinox
- Reference Value
- 5.5863906, -5.3553667
- Reference Dimension
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- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- STScI
- URL
- http://hubblesite.org
- Name
- Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
- outreach@stsci.edu
- Telephone
- 410-338-4444
- Address
- 3700 San Martin Drive
- City
- Baltimore
- State/Province
- MD
- Postal Code
- 21218
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- http://hubblesite.org/copyright/
- Publisher
- STScI
- Publisher ID
- stsci
- Resource ID
- STSCI-H-p9024a-f-3230x2562.tif
- Resource URL
- https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p9024a-f-3230x2562.tif
- Related Resources
- http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1990/24
- Metadata Date
- 2022-07-06T00:00:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
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