Nebulae
The Orion Nebula
June 13, 1994 · ESA/Hubble · M 42 , Messier 42 , NGC 1976 , Orion Nebula · Orion
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This is one of the nearest regions of very recent star formation (300, 000 years ago). The nebula is a giant gas cloud illuminated by the brightest of the young hot stars at the top of the picture. Many of the fainter young stars are surrounded by disks of dust and gas that are slightly more than twice the diameter of the Solar System.
More Hubble images of M 42 , Messier 42 , NGC 1976 , Orion Nebula
Orion Nebula, NGC 1976, M42 (ground-based image)March 6, 2002
Orion Nebula, NGC 1976, M42March 6, 2002
Hubble Probes the Great Orion NebulaJanuary 14, 1994
Gas Plume From a Newborn StarDecember 16, 1992
The Stunning Colors of the Orion NebulaDecember 16, 1992
NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Discovers Jet Structure in the Orion NebulaOctober 4, 1990
Orion Nebula HST view versus ground-based viewOctober 4, 1990
Window-curtain structure of the Orion Nebula revealedOctober 4, 1990