ALMA Captures Explosive Star Birth

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Credit: (NRAO/AUI/NSF)

Composite image of the OMC-1 cloud in Orion showing the sometimes explosive nature of star birth, when several young stars were ejected from the region. The colors in the ALMA data represent the relative Doppler shifting of the millimeter-wavelength light emitted by carbon monoxide gas. The ALMA image is combined with a near infrared image from the Gemini South telescope showing shock waves produced by the explosion.

Provider: National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Image Source: https://public.nrao.edu/?post_type=release=5893

Curator: NRAO/AUI/NSF, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Object Name
Orion Molecular Cloud 1: OMC-1
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Appearance > Dark > Molecular Cloud

Distance Details Distance

Universescale1
1,350 light years
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 35m 14.1s
DEC = -5° 22’ 22.7”
Orientation
North is 0.1° CCW
Field of View
2.9 x 2.6 arcminutes
Constellation
Orion

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Pseudocolor ALMA Millimeter (ALMA 6) 1.3 mm
Orange Gemini South 8-meter Infrared (H2) 2.1 µm
Blue Gemini South 8-meter Infrared (Fe II) 1.6 µm
Spectrum_ir1
Pseudocolor
Orange
Blue
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ID
Gallery_nrao17cb07
Subject Category
B.4.2.3.1.  
Subject Name
Orion Molecular Cloud 1: OMC-1
Credits
(NRAO/AUI/NSF)
Release Date
Lightyears
1,350
Redshift
1,350
Reference Url
https://public.nrao.edu/?post_type=release=5893
Type
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
ALMA, Gemini South 8-meter, Gemini South 8-meter
Instrument
Color Assignment
Pseudocolor, Orange, Blue
Band
Millimeter, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass
ALMA 6, H2, Fe II
Central Wavelength
1.301E+06, 2.12E+03, 1.64E+03
Start Time
2014-07-16T12:38:48.335999, -, -
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
2000.0
Reference Value
83.80880400000, -5.37298100000
Reference Dimension
1945, 1730
Reference Pixel
1128.93256202086, 778.09799799231
Scale
-0.00002484847, 0.00002484847
Rotation
0.10233270885
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
World Coordinate System resolved using PinpointWCS 0.9.2 revision 218+ by the Chandra X-ray Center
Creator (Curator)
NRAO/AUI/NSF
URL
https://public.nrao.edu
Name
NRAO/AUI/NSF
Email
outreach@nrao.edu
Telephone
Address
520 Edgemont Road
City
Charlottesville
State/Province
Virginia
Postal Code
22903
Country
USA
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
Publisher
NRAO/AUI/NSF
Publisher ID
nrao
Resource ID
Resource URL
/image/nrao/Gallery_nrao17cb07
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2018-05-08T09:03:48-04:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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Universescalefull
1,350 light years

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