Spitzer's Orion
Few cosmic vistas excite the imagination like the Orion Nebula, an immense
stellar nursery some 1,500 light-years away. This stunning false-color view
spans about 40 light-years across the region, constructed using infrared data
from the Spitzer Space Telescope. Compared to its visual wavelength appearance,
the brightest portion of the nebula is likewise centered on Orion's young,
massive, hot stars, known as the Trapezium Cluster. But the infrared image also
detects the nebula's many protostars, still in the process of formation, seen
here in red hues. In fact, 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.
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech
Guillermo Gonzalo Sánchez Achutegui
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