Orion Nebula
Orion "Bullets" with GeMS
This image is just one of millions of astronomical images processed using IRAF. Obtained during the late commissioning phase of the GeMS adaptive optics system, with the Gemini South AO Imager (GSAOI) on the night of 28 December 2012, it reveals exquisite details in the outskirts of the Orion...
Orion Nebula
Orion Bar (NIRCam Image)
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...
Orion Nebula
Orion Bar (MIRI Image)
This image from Webb’s MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) shows a small region of the Orion Nebula. At the center of this view is a young star system with a protoplanetary disk named d203-506. An international team of astronomers detected a new carbon molecule known as methyl cation for the first...
Orion Nebula
Orion Bar Collage (NIRCam and MIRI Images)
These Webb images show 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,...
NGC 1999
Reflection Nebula NGC 1999
This wide-field panorama of star formation was captured with the National Science Foundation’s Mayall 4-meter telescope on Kitt Peak. Located in the constellation of Orion (the Hunter), the image show a portion of one of Orion’s giant molecular clouds (known as “Orion A”) where new stars are...
V* V2423 Ori
A stellar sprinkler
This Picture of the Week shows the young stellar object 244-440 in the Orion Nebula observed with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) –– the sharpest image ever taken of this object. That wiggly magenta structure is a jet of matter launched close to the star, but why does it have that shape? Very...
Spire in Eagle Nebula
A Sample of Images from Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys
Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) forever changed our view of the universe. Two decades into its epic mission, ACS continues to deliver ground-breaking science and stunning images. ACS has taken over 125,000 pictures and spawned numerous discoveries. Here is a portfolio of some of the...
Orion Nebula
Hubble Shows Torrential Outflows from Infant Stars May Not Stop Them from Growing
A Star is Born Though our galaxy is an immense city of at least 200 billion stars, the details of how they formed remain largely cloaked in mystery. Scientists know that stars form from the collapse of huge hydrogen clouds that are squeezed under gravity to the point where nuclear fusion...
M 42
The Orion Nebula
This color-composite mosaic of the central part of the Orion Nebula is based on 81 images from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) Very Large Telescope at the Paranal Observatory in Chile. The famous Trapezium stars appear near the center, amid the Trapezium Cluster, the very crowded home...
Orion Nebula
NASA Space Telescopes Provide a 3D Journey Through the Orion Nebula
Visible and Infrared Visualization of the Orion Nebula (Artist's Concept)
Orion Nebula
NASA Space Telescopes Provide a 3D Journey Through the Orion Nebula
Visible and Infrared Visualization of the Orion Nebula (Artist's Concept)
Orion Nebula
NASA Space Telescopes Provide a 3D Journey Through the Orion Nebula
Visible and Infrared Visualization of the Orion Nebula (Artist's Concept)
Orion Nebula
Hubble Survey for Substellar Objects in Orion Nebula
Substellar Objects in Orion Nebula This image is part of a Hubble Space Telescope survey for low-mass stars, brown dwarfs, and planets in the Orion Nebula. Each symbol identifies a pair of objects, which can be seen in the symbol's center as a single dot of light. Special image processing...
Orion Nebula
Hubble Survey for Substellar Objects in Orion Nebula
Substellar Objects in Orion Nebula This image is part of a Hubble Space Telescope survey for low-mass stars, brown dwarfs, and planets in the Orion Nebula. Each symbol identifies a pair of objects, which can be seen in the symbol's center as a single dot of light. Special image processing...
Orion Nebula
Hubble Discovery of Runaway Star Yields Clues to Breakup of Multiple-Star System
Star Is Missing Link to a System that Flew Apart Over 500 Years Ago In the 1400s, two power struggles were taking place quadrillions of miles apart. In England, two rival branches of the royal House of Plantagenet were battling each other for control of the country's throne. And, in a nebula...
Orion Nebula
Hubble Discovery of Runaway Star Yields Clues to Breakup of Multiple-Star System
Star Is Missing Link to a System that Flew Apart Over 500 Years Ago In the 1400s, two power struggles were taking place quadrillions of miles apart. In England, two rival branches of the royal House of Plantagenet were battling each other for control of the country's throne. And, in a nebula...
Orion Nebula
Hubble Discovery of Runaway Star Yields Clues to Breakup of Multiple-Star System
Star Is Missing Link to a System that Flew Apart Over 500 Years Ago In the 1400s, two power struggles were taking place quadrillions of miles apart. In England, two rival branches of the royal House of Plantagenet were battling each other for control of the country's throne. And, in a nebula...
HH 34 Jet
HH 34 Jet 2007
A 2011 Hubble Space Telescope image of HH 34 Jet.
HH 34 Jet
HH 34 Jet 1998
A 2011 Hubble Space Telescope image of HH 34 Jet.
HH 34 Jet
HH 34 Jet 1994
A 2011 Hubble Space Telescope image of HH 34 Jet.
HH 2
HH 2
A 2011 Hubble Space Telescope image of HH 2.
HH 34 Bow Shock
HH 34
A 2011 Hubble Space Telescope image of HH 34 Bow Shock.
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Hubble's Sharpest View of the Orion Nebula
This dramatic image offers a peek inside a cavern of roiling dust and gas where thousands of stars are forming. The image, taken by the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) aboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, represents the sharpest view ever taken of this region, called the Orion Nebula. More...
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Spitzer and Hubble Create Colorful Masterpiece
A new image from NASA's Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescopes looks more like an abstract painting than a cosmic snapshot. The magnificent masterpiece shows the Orion nebula in an explosion of infrared, ultraviolet and visible-light colors. It was "painted" by hundreds of baby stars on a...
Orion Nebula
Abstract Art Found in the Orion Nebula
Close inspection of the 2006 Hubble Space Telescope color mosaic of the Orion Nebula (M42) reveals numerous treasures that reside within the nearby, intense star- forming region. Southwest of the Trapezium stars located in the center of the nebula, a stunning Hubble Heritage portrait captures a...
Orion Nebula
Failing Stars
The faint red stars in this close-up image are the myriad brown dwarfs that Hubble spied for the first time in the Orion Nebula in visible light. Sometimes called "failed stars," brown dwarfs are cool objects that are too small to be ordinary stars because they cannot sustain nuclear fusion in...
Orion Nebula
Over the Edge
This dark red column shows an illuminated edge of the cavity wall.
Orion Nebula
Sculpting the Landscape
This glowing region reveals arcs and bubbles formed when stellar winds -- streams of charged particles ejected by the Trapezium stars -- collide with material.
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The Orion Nebula's Biggest Stars
Packed into the center of this region are bright lights of the Trapezium stars, the four heftiest stars in the Orion Nebula. Ultraviolet light unleashed by these stars is carving a cavity in the nebula and disrupting the growth of hundreds of smaller stars. The dark speck near the bottom, right...
Orion Nebula
Pillars of Gas
These dense, dark pillars of dust and gas are resisting erosion from intense ultraviolet light released by the Orion Nebula's biggest stars.
M43
Orion in Miniature
A massive star is illuminating this small region, called M43, and sculpting the landscape of dust and gas. Astronomers call the area a miniature Orion Nebula because of its small size and the single star that is shaping it. The Orion Nebula itself is much larger and has four hefty stars that...
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Orion Constellation
A 2002 Hubble Space Telescope image of Orion.
LL Ori
Bow Shock Near Young Star LL Ori
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope continues to reveal various stunning and intricate treasures that reside within the nearby, intense star-forming region known as the Great Nebula in Orion. One such jewel is the bow shock around the very young star, LL Ori, featured in this Hubble Heritage image....
Orion Nebula
Proplyd in Orion Nebula
A 2001 Hubble Space Telescope image of Orion Nebula, NGC 1976, M42.
Orion Nebula
Proplyd in Orion Nebula
A 2001 Hubble Space Telescope image of Orion Nebula, NGC 1976, M42.
Orion Nebula
Proplyd in Orion Nebula
A 2001 Hubble Space Telescope image of Orion Nebula, NGC 1976, M42.
Orion Nebula
Proplyd in Orion Nebula
A 2001 Hubble Space Telescope image of Orion Nebula, NGC 1976, M42.
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The Orion Nebula's Trapezium Cluster
A 2000 Hubble Space Telescope image of Orion Nebula, M42, NGC 1976.
Orion Nebula
Behind the Gas and Dust of Orion's Trapezium Cluster
A 2000 Hubble Space Telescope image of Orion Nebula, M42, NGC 1976.
NGC 1999
Reflection Nebula NGC 1999
Just weeks after NASA astronauts repaired the Hubble Space Telescope in December 1999, the Hubble Heritage Project snapped this picture of NGC 1999, a nebula in the constellation Orion. The Heritage astronomers, in collaboration with scientists in Texas and Ireland, used Hubble's Wide Field...
The Orion Nebula: Stellar Birthplace
Orion
An immense wall of glowing gasses forms a colorful backdrop to dozens of newborn stars, many of which have dust disks - as revealed by Hubble - that might be embryonic solar systems. (Image Released: January 1994)
Crucible of Creation: Panoramic Image of Center of the Orion Neb
Orion Nebula, M42, NGC 1976
This spectacular color panorama of the center the Orion nebula is one of the largest pictures ever assembled from individual images taken with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The picture, seamlessly composited from a mosaic of 15 separate fields, covers an area of sky about five percent the...
BULBS OF GAS EJECTED FROM FORMING STAR HH-34
HH-34
A 1995 Hubble Space Telescope image of HH-34.
HH-1/HH-2 Individual Image
HH-1/HH-2
A 1995 Hubble Space Telescope image of HH-1/HH-2.
Orion Nebula
The Great Orion Nebula
A NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of a region of the Great Nebula in Orion. This is one of the nearest regions of very recent star formation (300,000 years ago). The nebula is a giant gas cloud illuminated by the brightest of the young hot stars on the right side of the picture. Many of...
Orion Nebula
HUBBLE PROBES THE GREAT ORION NEBULA
A NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of a region of the Great Nebula in Orion, as imaged by the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2. This is one of the nearest regions of very recent star formation (300,000 years ago). The nebula is a giant gas cloud illuminated by the brightest of the young hot...
Orion Nebula
A Protoplanetary Disk in the Orion Nebula
A Hubble Space Telescope view of a very young star (between 300,000 and a million years of age) surrounded by material left over from the star's formation. The cool, reddish star is about one fifth the mass of our Sun. The dark disk, seen in silhouette against the background of the Orion...
Orion Nebula
Close-up of "Proplyds" in the Orion Nebula
A Hubble Space Telescope view of a small portion of the Orion Nebula reveals five young stars. Four of the stars are surrounded by gas and dust trapped as the stars formed, but were left in orbit about the star. These are possibly protoplanetary disks, or "proplyds," that might evolve on to...
HH-2
HST REVEALS GROWTH PROCESSES OF YOUNG STAR, HERBIG-HARO OBJECT #2
A NASA Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of a vast cloud of gas being heated by the birth of a new star. This image is being presented at the 182nd meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Berkeley, California. Called Herbig-Haro object #2 (HH-2), the cloud is heated by shock waves from...
HH-2
Complex Cloud of Gas Heated by Shock Waves
A NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of a huge, complex cloud of gas heated by shock waves from jets of gas produced by the birth of a new star. Called Herbig-Haro object #2 (HH- 2) the cloud is a visible manifestation of physical processes that occur early in the evolution of a star. The...
Orion Nebula
The Stunning Colors of the Orion Nebula
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered the strongest evidence yet that many stars form planetary systems. Dr. C. Robert O'Dell of Rice University, Houston, Texas and colleagues have used Hubble to discover extended disks of dust around 15 newly formed stars in the Orion Nebula, a starbirth...
Orion Nebula
Gas Plume Near the Edge of the Orion Nebula
A NASA Hubble Space Telescope "true color" mosaic image of a small portion of the Orion Nebula, taken the Wide Field and Planetary Camera (in wide field mode). Hubble shows a wealth of detail never seen before in the nebula. New features include: elongated objects oriented on the brightest...
Orion Nebula
Gas Plume From a Newborn Star in the Orion Nebula
A NASA Hubble Space Telescope picture of a hypersonic shock wave (lower right) of material moving at 148,000 miles per hour in the Orion Nebula, a star-forming region 1,500 light-years away. Studies of similar objects infer that such highly supersonic shock waves are formed by a beam of...
Orion Nebula
Close-up of Three Protoplanetary Disks in the Orion Nebula
A NASA Hubble Space Telescope picture of three protoplanetary disks, called "proplyds" in the Orion Nebula, a star-forming region 1,500 light-years away. Each proplyd appears as thick disk with a hole in the middle where the cool star is located. Radiation from nearby hot stars "boils off" ...
Orion Nebula
Window-Curtain Structure of the Orion Nebula
Recent images made with the Wide Field/Planetary Camera on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have revealed the structure of a thin sheet of gas located at the edge of the famous "Great Nebula" in Orion, an estimated 1500 light years from Earth. Astronomers, who compare the appearance of this...
Orion Nebula
Orion Nebula: Hubble Space Telescope View Vs. Ground-Based View
This composite image shows the location of a one light-year square region in the Orion Nebula, which was imaged by WFPC. The area is near the edge of a cavity of ionized hydrogen, which is heated by ultraviolet radiation from a star cluster at the center of the nebula. (Ground-based Orion...
V* V2423 Ori
A stellar sprinkler (alternative colour view)
This is the young stellar object 244-440 in the Orion Nebula observed with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) –– the sharpest image ever taken of this object. The data were obtained with the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) instrument, with red, green and blue colours mapping the...
V 372 Orionis
Tempestuous Young Stars in Orion
The bright variable star V 372 Orionis takes centre stage in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, which has also captured a smaller companion star in the upper left of this image. Both stars lie in the Orion Nebula, a colossal region of star formation roughly 1450 light years...
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Dusty Orion Nebula in Infrared
This infrared image of the Orion Nebula features plenty of dust but no stars. In these infrared wavelengths, it’s possible to see hot spots where new stars are forming, while unseen bright, massive stars have carved out caverns of empty space.
