206-446
One of 42 new proplyds discovered in the Orion Nebula, 206-446 is one of the bright proplyds that lies relatively close to the nebula’s brightest star, Theta 1 Orionis C. Resembling a head with a ponytail extending from it, this proplyd’s strange shape can be attributed to a jet of matter flowing away from its centre.
Credit:
NASA/ESA and L. Ricci (ESO)
About the Image
| Id: | heic0917al |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 14 December 2009, 16:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0917 |
| Size: | 128 x 128 px |
About the Object
| Name: | 206-446, Messier 42, Orion Nebula |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Disk : Protoplanetary • Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Star Formation |
| Distance: | 1400 light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical B |
435 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
| Optical V |
555 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
| Optical R |
775 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
| Optical H-alpha |
658 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
