Orion in Miniature
stsci_2006-01c January 11th, 2006
Credit: NASA, ESA, M. Robberto (Space Telescope Science Institute/ESA) and the Hubble Space Telescope Orion Treasury Project Team
A massive star is illuminating this small region, called M43, and sculpting the landscape of dust and gas. Astronomers call the area a miniature Orion Nebula because of its small size and the single star that is shaping it. The Orion Nebula itself is much larger and has four hefty stars that are carving the dust-and-gas terrain.
Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute
Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2006/news-2006-01
Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Color Mapping
| Telescope | Spectral Band | Wavelength | |
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Hubble (ACS) | Optical (B) | 435.0 nm |
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Hubble (ACS) | Optical (V) | 555.0 nm |
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Hubble (ACS) | Optical (Halpha) | 658.0 nm |
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Hubble (ACS) | Optical (i) | 775.0 nm |
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Hubble (ACS) | Optical (z) | 850.0 nm |
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ESO-2.2m | Optical (B) | 842.0 nm |
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ESO-2.2m | Optical (Halpha) | 856.0 nm |
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ESO-2.2m | Optical ([S II]) | 857.0 nm |
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ESO-2.2m | Optical ([O III]) | 960.0 nm |
| Hubble: October 2004 - April 2005; ESO Dec. 11, 2002 | |||
- ID
- 2006-01c
- Subject Category
- B.4.2.1
- Subject Name
- M43
- Credits
- NASA, ESA, M. Robberto (Space Telescope Science Institute/ESA) and the Hubble Space Telescope Orion Treasury Project Team
- Release Date
- 2006-01-11T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- 1,500
- Redshift
- 1,500
- Reference Url
- https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2006/news-2006-01
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- The distance to the Orion Nebula is 1,500 light-years (460 parsecs).
- Facility
- Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, ESO-2.2m, ESO-2.2m, ESO-2.2m, ESO-2.2m
- Instrument
- ACS, ACS, ACS, ACS, ACS, -, -, -, -
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Green, Red, Red, Red, Blue, Red, Red, Green
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- B, V, Halpha, i, z, B, Halpha, [S II], [O III]
- Central Wavelength
- 435, 555, 658, 775, 850, 842, 856, 857, 960
- Start Time
- 2004-10-12, 2004-10-12, 2004-10-12, 2004-10-12, 2004-10-12, -, -, -, -
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- H
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- 2000.0
- Reference Value
- 83.73532077870, -5.52670553949
- Reference Dimension
- 3939.00, 2955.00
- Reference Pixel
- 7402.22378553106, 237.23311520690
- Scale
- -0.00002772513, 0.00002772513
- Rotation
- -0.10956878485
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- World Coordinate System resolved using PinpointWCS 0.9.2 revision 218+ by the Chandra X-ray Center
- 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-p0601c-f-3939x2955.tif
- Resource URL
- https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p0601c-f-3939x2955.tif
- Related Resources
- http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2006/01
- Metadata Date
- 2022-07-06T00:00:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
