Postcard13: The Orion Nebula
This dramatic image offers a peek inside a cavern of roiling dust and gas where thousands of stars are forming. The image, taken by the Advanced Camera for Surveys aboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, represents the sharpest view ever taken of this region, called the Orion Nebula. More than 3000 stars of various sizes appear in this image. Read more about the image here.
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Credit:ESA/Hubble
About the Postcard
Id: | hst_postcard_0015 |
Release date: | 22 March 2011, 10:20 |
Dimensions: | 12 cm (W) x 17 cm (H) |