Friday, October 10, 2008

Orion / HST vs. Ground


Date: October 4, 1990

ABOUT THIS IMAGE:

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)

Object Names: Orion Nebula, M42, NGC 1976

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