Sculpting the Landscape

stsci_2006-01f January 11th, 2006

Credit: NASA, ESA, M. Robberto (Space Telescope Science Institute/ESA) and the Hubble Space Telescope Orion Treasury Project Team

This glowing region reveals arcs and bubbles formed when stellar winds -- streams of charged particles ejected by the Trapezium stars -- collide with material.

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Orion Nebula • M42 • NGC 1976
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Appearance > Emission

Distance

1,500 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 5h 34m 56.5s; DEC = -5° 31’ 36.1”
Orientation: North is 0.2° CW
Field of View: 6.6 x 5.0 arcminutes
Constellation: Orion

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (ACS)	Optical (B)	435.0 nm
	Hubble (ACS)	Optical (V)	555.0 nm
	Hubble (ACS)	Optical (Halpha)	658.0 nm
	Hubble (ACS)	Optical (i)	775.0 nm
	Hubble (ACS)	Optical (z)	850.0 nm
	ESO-2.2m	Optical (B)	842.0 nm
	ESO-2.2m	Optical (Halpha)	856.0 nm
	ESO-2.2m	Optical ([S II])	857.0 nm
	ESO-2.2m	Optical ([O III])	963.0 nm
Hubble: October 2004 - April 2005; ESO Dec. 11, 2005

ID: 2006-01f
Subject Category: B.4.2.1
Subject Name: Orion Nebula , M42, NGC 1976
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, 963

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: -1339.82161181006, 6284.06268458251
Scale: -0.00002796091, 0.00002796091
Rotation: -0.17121128904
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

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Resource ID: STSCI-H-p0601f-f-3939x2955.tif

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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...

1,500 light years