Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  41 the01 Ori  ·  43 the02 Ori  ·  De Mairan's nebula  ·  Great Nebula in Orion  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  NGC 1976  ·  NGC 1982  ·  Sh2-281  ·  The star θ1Ori  ·  The star θ2Ori
Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
Orion in LRGB, KuriousGeorge
Powered byPixInsight

Orion in LRGB

Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
Orion in LRGB, KuriousGeorge
Powered byPixInsight

Orion in LRGB

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

The Orion Nebula contains a very young open cluster, known as the Trapezium due to the asterism of its primary four stars. Two of these can be resolved into their component binary systems on nights with good seeing, giving a total of six stars. The stars of the Trapezium, along with many other stars, are still in their early years. The Trapezium is a component of the much larger Orion Nebula Cluster, an association of about 2,800 stars within a diameter of 20 light years. Two million years ago this cluster may have been the home of the runaway stars AE Aurigae, 53 Arietis, and Mu Columbae, which are currently moving away from the nebula at velocities greater than 100 km/s.

Comments

Revisions

  • Orion in LRGB, KuriousGeorge
    Original
  • Final
    Orion in LRGB, KuriousGeorge
    B

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

Orion in LRGB, KuriousGeorge