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More Info
| About the Object |
Object Name:
Orion Nebula
Object Type:
Nebula
Position (J2000):
RA:
05h35m15.00s
Dec:
-5d22m23.00s
Distance:
1,500 light-years
Constellation:
Orion
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| About the Data |
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Megeath (University of Toledo) & M. Robberto (STScI)
Instrument:
Hubble: Advance Camera for Surveys (ACS) & Wide Field Imager (WFI)
Spitzer: Infrared Array Camera (IRAC)
Wavelength:
Light at 0.43, 0.50, and 0.53 microns is blue. Light at wavelengths of 0.6, 0.65, and 0.91 microns is green. Light at 3.6 microns is orange, and 8.0 microns is red.
Exposure Date:
Hubble: ACS: October 2004-April 2005; ESO's WFI: December 11, 2001
Spitzer: IRAC: February 16 and 18, 2004; March 9, 2004; October 8, 12, and 27, 2004
Release Date:
07 November 2006
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| Observers |
Hubble:
M. Robberto (STScI/ESA)
C.R. O'Dell (Vanderbilt University)
L.A. Hillenbrand (Caltech)
M. Simon (SUNY Stony Brook)
P. McCullough (STScI)
J. Krist (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
F. Palla (Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri)
M. Romaniello (ESO Ð Germany)
J. Najita (NOAO/AURA)
E.D. Feigelson (The Pennsylvania State University)
R. Makidon (STScI)
J. Stauffer (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
N. Panagia (STScI)
I.N. Reid (STScI)
D.R. Soderblom (STScI)
E. Bergeron (STScI)
K.G. Stassun (Vanderbilt University)
Spitzer:
Tom Megeath (University Toledo)
Rob Gutermuth (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory)
Joe Hora (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory)
Lori Allen (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory)
Kevin Flaherty (Steward Observatory)
John Stauffer (SSC)
Lee Hartmann (University of Michigan)
James Muzerolle (Steward Observatory)
Phil Myers (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory)
Erick Young (Steward Observatory)
Giovanni Fazio (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory)
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