The Stunning Colors of the Orion Nebula
stsci_1992-29d December 16th, 1992
Credit: C.R. O'Dell (Rice University), and NASA
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered the strongest evidence yet that many stars form planetary systems. Dr. C. Robert O'Dell of Rice University, Houston, Texas and colleagues have used Hubble to discover extended disks of dust around 15 newly formed stars in the Orion Nebula, a starbirth region 1,500 light-years away. Such disks are a prerequisite for the formation of solar Systems like our own. "These images provide the best evidence for planetary systems," said O'Dell.
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Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1992/news-1992-29
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- ID
- 1992-29d
- Subject Category
- B.4.1.2
- Subject Name
- Orion Nebula
- Credits
- C.R. O'Dell (Rice University), and NASA
- Release Date
- 1992-12-16T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- 1,400
- Redshift
- 1,400
- Reference Url
- https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1992/news-1992-29
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Light years
- Facility
- Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
- Instrument
- WFPC, WFPC, WFPC
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Green, Red
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- 2000.0
- Reference Value
- 83.80464415982, -5.42168903673
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- 2544.00, 1824.00
- Reference Pixel
- 771.28241892602, 1249.49258983492
- Scale
- -0.00000925886, 0.00000925886
- Rotation
- -114.18019458436
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- TAN
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- Full
- FITS Header
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- 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-p9229d-f-2544x1824.tif
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- Related Resources
- http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1992/29
- Metadata Date
- 2022-07-06T00:00:00
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- 1.2
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