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SPIRE spectrum of the Orion Bar


Date: 26 November 2009
Satellite: Herschel
Copyright: ESA and the SPIRE consortium; inset: NASA, JPL-Caltech, University of Toledo

This is one of the early spectra obtained with the SPIRE fourier transform spectrometer on Herschel. The spectrum is of one position on the Orion Bar, a region in the massive star-forming Orion Nebula. At this position the gas on the edge of the nebula is partly ionised by the intense radiation from nearby hot young stars.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
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