The Orion Nebula: The Jewel in the Sword | ESO
This image shows smaller, particularly interesting areas and delicate tracery created at the so-called Orion Bright Bar. Intense ultraviolet-light and strong winds from the hot Trapezium stars are eating their way into the surrounding molecular cloud. Also visible are a number of very young red objects partly hidden in the cloud, waiting to be revealed as new members of the Trapezium Cluster.
Distance: 1,400 light years
Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)/M.McCaughrean et al. (AIP)
Release Date: January 17, 2001
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