ALMA Reveals Inner Web of Stellar Nursery
This spectacular and unusual image shows part of the famous Orion Nebula, a star formation region lying about 1350 light-years from Earth. It combines a mosaic of millimetre wavelength images from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and the IRAM 30-metre telescope, shown in red, with a more familiar infrared view from the HAWK-I instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope, shown in blue. The group of bright blue-white stars at the left is the Trapezium Cluster — made up of hot young stars that are only a few million years old.
Oikeudet:ESO/H. Drass/ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/A. Hacar
Kuvasta
Tunnistus: | eso1809a |
Tyyppi: | Havainto |
Julkaisupäivä: | 7. maaliskuuta 2018 12:00 |
Vastaavat julkaisut: | eso1809 |
Koko: | 11589 x 2440 px |
Kohteesta
Nimi: | Orion Nebula |
Tyyppi: | Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Star Formation |
Constellation: | Orion |
Kategoria: | Nebulae |
Kuvaformaatit
Taustakuvat
Koordinaatit
Position (RA): | 5 35 19.34 |
Position (Dec): | -5° 15' 7.46" |
Field of view: | 20.61 x 4.34 arcminutes |
Suuntaus: | Pohjoinen on 103.3° oikea pystysuuntaan nähden |
Värit ja suotimet
Kaista | Aallonpituus | Teleskooppi |
---|---|---|
Infrapuna H | 1.62 μm | Very Large Telescope HAWK-I |
Infrapuna J | 1.258 μm | Very Large Telescope HAWK-I |
Infrapuna Ks | 2.146 μm | Very Large Telescope HAWK-I |
Millimetri 93 GHz | 3.217589 mm | Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array Band 3 |
Millimetri | 3.0 mm | IRAM 30m Telescope |