The Orion Nebula's Trapezium Cluster

Stsci_2000-19c_1024

stsci_2000-19c August 24th, 2000

Credit: NASA, C.R. O'Dell and S.K. Wong

A 2000 Hubble Space Telescope image of Orion Nebula, M42, NGC 1976.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2000/news-2000-19

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

Image Use Policy: http://hubblesite.org/copyright/

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Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Orion Nebula M42 NGC 1976
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Star Formation
Star > Grouping > Cluster > Open

Distance

Universescale1
15,000 light years
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 35m 15.9s
DEC = -5° 23’ 30.3”
Orientation
North is 1.5° CW
Field of View
2.4 x 2.4 arcminutes
Constellation
Orion

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (OIII) 502.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (Halpha) 656.0 nm
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (NII) 658.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Blue
Green
Red
Stsci_2000-19c_1280
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ID
2000-19c
Subject Category
B.4.1.2   B.3.6.4.1  
Subject Name
Orion Nebula, M42, NGC 1976
Credits
NASA, C.R. O'Dell and S.K. Wong
Release Date
2000-08-24T00:00:00
Lightyears
15,000
Redshift
15,000
Reference Url
https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2000/news-2000-19
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Distance in lightyears
Facility
Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Blue, Green, Red
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
OIII, Halpha, NII
Central Wavelength
502, 656, 658
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
2000.0
Reference Value
83.81634003472, -5.39175447056
Reference Dimension
700.00, 701.00
Reference Pixel
406.56443145767, 203.01925340458
Scale
-0.00005632250, 0.00005632250
Rotation
-1.47060720071
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 FITS X FITS Y EPO X EPO Y 1257.67 1340.08 206.07 329.49 1429.27 1340.08 289.76 331.08 1307.34 1145.90 232.55 234.67 1333.07 1730.41 238.30 522.86 1206.11 1867.95 173.33 589.44 861.98 1826.67 4.45 564.68 Center Pixel Coordinates: 350.00 83.81975650409 350.50 -5.38346927972
Creator (Curator)
STScI
URL
http://hubblesite.org
Name
Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
Email
outreach@stsci.edu
Telephone
410-338-4444
Address
3700 San Martin Drive
City
Baltimore
State/Province
MD
Postal Code
21218
Country
USA
Rights
http://hubblesite.org/copyright/
Publisher
STScI
Publisher ID
stsci
Resource ID
STSCI-H-p0019c-f-700x701.tif
Resource URL
https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p0019c-f-700x701.tif
Related Resources
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2000/19
Metadata Date
2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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Universescalefull
15,000 light years

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