The Orion Nebula
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The Orion Nebula
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The Orion Nebula, an immense stellar nursery some 1,500 light-years away from Earth. This false-color view spans about 40 light-years across the region, constructed using infrared data from the Spitzer Space Telescope. The brightest portion of the nebula is the Trapezium Cluster, where Orion's young, massive, hot stars were born. This infrared image also detects the nebula's many protostars, still in the process of formation, seen here in red hues. Red spots along the dark dusty filament to the left of the bright cluster include the protostar cataloged as HOPS 68, recently found to have crystals of the silicate mineral olivine within its protostellar envelope.
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July 15th, 2014
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