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APOD: Flight Through the Orion Nebula in... (2021 Jul 07)

Post 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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Post by Ann » Wed Jul 07, 2021 4:38 am

Fascinating video, and I particularly loved seeing how stars sort of "rise and billow like smoke" from their likely birthplace in the Trapezium region. It is also correct to say that the fertile site of star formation recedes as more and more of the gas is converted into stars.


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Flight Through the Orion Nebula in Infrared Light. Video Credit: NASA,
Spitzer Space Telescope, Universe of Learning; Visualization: F. Summers (STScI) et al.

But I'm disappointed that we didn't get to see the Becklin-Neugebauer infrared source, which is an embedded massive star located to the northwest (upper right) of the Trapezium. Or is that white stuff below the Trapezium stars in the video actually the embedded Becklin-Neugebauer star?

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Post by orin stepanek » Wed Jul 07, 2021 12:41 pm

Interesting tour through Orion Nebula; I really enjoyed it! You could see the view turning as the movie progressed; great video! Great infrared view! 8-)
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I like normal view also!😉
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Re: APOD: Flight Through the Orion Nebula in... (2021 Jul 07)

Post by bystander » Wed Jul 07, 2021 1:03 pm

orin stepanek wrote: Wed Jul 07, 2021 12:41 pm
I like normal view also!😉

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Post by orin stepanek » Wed Jul 07, 2021 1:37 pm

bystander wrote: Wed Jul 07, 2021 1:03 pm
orin stepanek wrote: Wed Jul 07, 2021 12:41 pm
I like normal view also!😉

Flight Through the Orion Nebula in Visible Light
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Thanks bystander; I watched it also! 8-)
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