The Orion Nebula OMC-1 Region
Depicts: The Orion Nebula, OMC-1
Copyright: Rodger Thompson, Marcia Rieke, Glenn Schneider, Susan Stolovy (University of Arizona); Edwin Erickson (SETI Institute/Ames Research Center); David Axon (STScI); and NASA
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NICMOS's infrared vision reveals a chaotic, active star birth region (as seen
in the right-hand image). Here, stars and glowing interstellar dust, heated by
and scattering the intense starlight, appear yellow-orange. Emission by
excited hydrogen molecules appears blue. The image is oriented with north up
and east to the left. The diagonal extent of the image is about 0.4
light-years. Some details are as small as the size of our solar system.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
