Orion Bar (NIRCam Image)

Stsci_2023-129b_1024

stsci_2023-129b June 26th, 2023

Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, M. Zamani (ESA/Webb), PDRs4ALL ERS Team

This image taken by Webb’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) shows a part of the Orion Nebula known as the Orion Bar. It is a region where energetic ultraviolet light from the Trapezium Cluster — located off the upper-left corner — interacts with dense molecular clouds. The energy of the stellar radiation is slowly eroding the Orion Bar, and this has a profound effect on the molecules and chemistry in the protoplanetary disks that have formed around newborn stars here.

Within this image lies a young star system known as d203-506, which has a protoplanetary disk. Astronomers used Webb to detect a carbon molecule known as methyl cation in that disk for the first time. That molecule is important because it aids the formation of more complex carbon-based molecules.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2023/news-2023-129

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Collage
Object Name
Orion Nebula
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Star Formation

Distance Details Distance

Universescale1
1,350 light years
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 35m 22.3s
DEC = -5° 24’ 29.6”
Orientation
North is 95.0° CCW
Field of View
2.1 x 2.3 arcminutes
Constellation
Orion

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Purple Webb (NIRCam) Infrared 1.4 µm
Purple Webb (NIRCam) Infrared 1.6 µm
Blue Webb (NIRCam) Infrared 1.6 µm
Blue Webb (NIRCam) Infrared 1.8 µm
Cyan Webb (NIRCam) Infrared 2.1 µm
Cyan Webb (NIRCam) Infrared 1.9 µm
Green Webb (NIRCam) Infrared 2.8 µm
Green Webb (NIRCam) Infrared 2.1 µm
Yellow Webb (NIRCam) Infrared 3.0 µm
Orange Webb (NIRCam) Infrared 3.4 µm
Orange Webb (NIRCam) Infrared 3.2 µm
Red Webb (NIRCam) Infrared 4.7 µm
Red Webb (NIRCam) Infrared 4.8 µm
Spectrum_base
Purple
Purple
Blue
Blue
Cyan
Cyan
Green
Green
Yellow
Orange
Orange
Red
Red
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ID
2023-129b
Subject Category
B.4.1.2  
Subject Name
Orion Nebula
Credits
ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, M. Zamani (ESA/Webb), PDRs4ALL ERS Team
Release Date
2023-06-26T00:00:00
Lightyears
1,350
Redshift
1,350
Reference Url
https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2023/news-2023-129
Type
Collage
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
distance in lightyears
Facility
Webb, Webb, Webb, Webb, Webb, Webb, Webb, Webb, Webb, Webb, Webb, Webb, Webb
Instrument
NIRCam, NIRCam, NIRCam, NIRCam, NIRCam, NIRCam, NIRCam, NIRCam, NIRCam, NIRCam, NIRCam, NIRCam, NIRCam
Color Assignment
Purple, Purple, Blue, Blue, Cyan, Cyan, Green, Green, Yellow, Orange, Orange, Red, Red
Band
Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
1400, 1620, 1640, 1820, 2100, 1870, 2770, 2120, 3000, 3350, 3230, 4700, 4800
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
Reference Value
83.84280015563591, -5.408231415193022
Reference Dimension
4049.0, 4500.0
Reference Pixel
2024.5, 2250.0
Scale
-8.549807667200522e-06, 8.549807667200522e-06
Rotation
95.000000
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
STScI
URL
http://stsci.edu
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://stsci.edu/copyright/
Publisher
STScI
Publisher ID
stsci
Resource ID
STSCI-J-p23129b-f-4049x4500.tif
Metadata Date
2023-07-06T11:27:15-04:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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1,350 light years

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