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Behind the Gas and Dust of Orion’s Trapezium Cluster

Behind the Gas and Dust of Orion's Trapezium Cluster
  • Object Name
    Object NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.
    Orion Nebula, M42, NGC 1976
  • Release Date
    August 24, 2000
  • Science Release
    Hubble Spies Brown Dwarfs in Nearby Stellar Nursery
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  • Credit
    Credit: NASA; K.L. Luhman (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Mass.); and G. Schneider, E. Young, G. Rieke, A. Cotera, H. Chen, M. Rieke, R. Thompson (Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz.)

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Infrared Image Shows Brown Dwarfs and Infant Stars in Orion Nebula's Trapezium Cluster

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Mar 28, 2025
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Claire Andreoli
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
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claire.andreoli@nasa.gov

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