A Close Look at Part of The Orion Nebula | ESO's APEX Telescope

A Close Look at Part of The Orion Nebula | ESO's APEX Telescope

This sequence shows a spectacular region of star formation in the constellation of Orion (The Hunter). We start with a detailed image in visible light from the Digitized Sky Survey images and then fade in and out the very different picture that is seen at much longer millimeter wavelengths. The orange glow represents faint light coming from grains of cold interstellar dust. It was observed by the European Southern Observatory-operated Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) in Chile.

Distance: 1,400 light years

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO), Digitized Sky Survey 2

Duration: 1 minute

Release Date: May 15, 2013

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