by APOD Robot » Wed Jul 07, 2021 4:05 am
[img]https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_210707.jpg[/img] Flight Through the Orion Nebula in Infrared Light
Explanation: What would it look like to fly into the Orion Nebula?
The exciting dynamic visualization of the Orion Nebula is based on real
astronomical data and adept movie rendering techniques. Up close and personal with a famous stellar nursery
normally seen from 1,500 light-years away, the digitally modeled representation based is based on
infrared data from the
Spitzer Space Telescope. The
perspective moves along a valley over a light-year wide, in the wall of the region's giant
molecular cloud. Orion's valley ends in a cavity carved by the energetic
winds and
radiation of the massive central stars of the
Trapezium star cluster. The
entire Orion Nebula spans about 40
light years and is located in the same
spiral arm of our Galaxy as
the Sun.
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