Flight Through the Orion Nebula in Infrared Light
This visualization explores the Orion Nebula as seen in infraredlight observations from the Spitzer Space Telescope. This movie is designed to be compared and contrasted against the companion movie using visiblelight observations from the Hubble Space Telescope. As the camera flies into the starforming region, it reveals a glowing gaseous landscape that has been illuminated and carved by the highenergy radiation and strong stellar winds from the massive hot stars in the central cluster. The infrared observations generally show cool temperature gas at a deep layer that shows the full bowl shape of the nebula. In addition, the infrared showcases many faint stars that shine primarily at longer wavelengths. Visualization: F. Summers, G. Bacon, Z. Levay, J. DePasquale, L. Hustak, M. Robberto and M. Gennaro (STScI), R. Hurt (Caltech, IPAC) Music: Dvorak Serenade for Strings in E Major, Advent Chamber Orchestra, CC BYSA
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