Infrared/visible comparison of an extract from the VISTA Orion Nebula image
The left-hand panel shows a dusty region of the Orion Nebula in visible light. On the right the VISTA infrared view is shown. By observing infrared light many new features appear, including many young stars and their outflows. These strange features are of great interest to astronomers studying the birth and youth of stars.
Credit:ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA & R. Gendler. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
About the Image
| Id: | eso1006d |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 10 February 2010, 12:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1006 |
| Size: | 3936 x 3016 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Messier 42, Orion Nebula |
| Type: | Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Star Formation |
| Distance: | 1400 light years |
| Category: | Nebulae |
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Notes: VISTA data relates to the right image. Optical image by Rob Gendler.