Comparison of the Orion Molecular Cloud in visible and infrared

The Orion A molecular cloud (for comparison)
Orion Molecular Cloud in visible light (for comparison)
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This image compares a new infrared image from the VISTA survey telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in northern Chile with a visible light view of the region from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS).

Credit

ESO/VISION survey/Digitized Sky Survey 2.

About the Image Comparison

Id:eso1701a
Release date:4 January 2017, 12:00
Related releases:eso1701

Images

The Orion A molecular cloud (for comparison)
The Orion A molecular cloud (for comparison)
Orion Molecular Cloud in visible light (for comparison)
Orion Molecular Cloud in visible light (for comparison)