231-838

esahubble_heic0917bd December 14th, 2009

Credit: NASA/ESA and L. Ricci (ESO)

One of 42 new proplyds discovered in the Orion Nebula, 231-838 is one of the bright proplyds that lies relatively close to the nebula’s brightest star, Theta 1 Orionis C. Resembling a boomerang, this proplyd is surrounded by a shock wave that is caused by stellar wind from the massive Theta 1 Orionis C interacting with gas in the nebula.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0917bd/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type: Observation
Object Name: 231-838 • Messier 42 • Orion Nebula
Subject - Milky Way: Star > Circumstellar Material > Disk > Protoplanetary; Nebula > Type > Star Formation

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Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (ACS)	Optical (H-alpha)	658.0 nm
Hubble (ACS)	Optical (R)	775.0 nm
Hubble (ACS)	Optical (V)	555.0 nm
Hubble (ACS)	Optical (B)	435.0 nm

ID: heic0917bd
Subject Category: B.3.7.2.1 B.4.1.2
Subject Name: 231-838, Messier 42, Orion Nebula
Credits: NASA/ESA and L. Ricci (ESO)

Release Date: 2009-12-14T16:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0917bd/

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Facility: Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: ACS, ACS, ACS, ACS
Color Assignment: Luminosity, Red, Green, Blue

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: H-alpha, R, V, B
Central Wavelength: 658, 775, 555, 435

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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: heic0917bd

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic0917bd.tif
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Metadata Date: 2009-12-08T20:34:21+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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