Located only 1,500 light years away from the solar system, the - TopicsExpress



          

Located only 1,500 light years away from the solar system, the Orion nebula is the brightest diffuse nebula is the sky. This image shows clearly the 3-dimensional structure of this star formation region: a large cavity, created by the radiation pressure from new-born stars located in the brightest area of the image, lies within a huge cloud of dust and gas. Identified as a truely indepedent star cluster, NGC 1980 is associated to this well-studied star formation region, around the brightest star seen at the left of this image, iota Ori. The disks around the star are the result of internal light reflection in the camera optics. Credit: Jean-Charles Cuillandre, CFHT - Giovanni Anselmi, Coelum
Posted on: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 12:33:09 +0000

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