Posts Tagged ‘Orion’
Flame of Orion
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/WISE Team
A flame burns in the Belt of Orion in this image from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer.
Keyhole
NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI)
A glowing keyhole beckons in this star-forming region of the galaxy toward the constellation Orion. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows the foggy light of the reflection nebula NGC 1999.
Flower of Orion
Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)
Explore the folds and petals of the Orion Nebula in this dramatic new image from ESO’s VISTA survey telescope. VISTA’s infrared vision allows to deeply into this well-known nebula showing young active stars and regions of warm gas. As we peer through a telescope at the Orion Nebula, we see only a small part of the light streaming to us. The infrared sensors on NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and VISTA show a much larger complex of gas and dust, all material for new stars to form.
Intense Flames
Credit: ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA.
What looks like a flame, or a cosmic jellyfish, is seen shooting out of the rich star-forming region of the Flame Nebula. Also known as NGC 2024, the Flame Nebula shows a bright group of stars lighting up the region with the core completely hidden behind a pillar of dust. Intense ultraviolet light and strong winds come from bright, new stars deep in the heart of the Flame Nebula. The ultraviolet light excites atoms inside the nebula causing it to glow. Usually we see great images like this from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. This image comes to us from the giant, 4.1-meter VISTA telescope, the world’s largest survey telescope.
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