Flight through Orion Nebula in infrared light
This visualisation explores the Orion Nebula as seen in infrared-light observations from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. This video is designed to be compared and contrasted against the companion movie using visible light observations from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
As the camera flies into the star-forming region, it reveals a glowing gaseous landscape that has been illuminated and carved by the high-energy radiation and strong stellar winds from the massive hot stars in the central cluster. The infrared observations generally show cool temperature gas at a deep layer that shows the full bowl shape of the nebula. In addition, the infrared showcases many faint stars that shine primarily at longer wavelengths.
Credit:NASA, ESA, F. Summers, G. Bacon, Z. Levay, J. DePasquale, L. Hustak, M. Robberto and M. Gennaro (STScI), and R. Hurt (Caltech/IPAC)
About the Video
Id: | hubblecast106c |
Release date: | 15 January 2018, 16:30 |
Duration: | 02 m 00 s |
Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
Name: | Orion Nebula |
Type: | Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Star Formation |
Category: | Nebulae |