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Proplyd in Orion Nebula

This image was taken through a different filter, which blocks any bright spectral emission lines from the nebula, and hence the disk itself is less distinctly silhouetted against the background. However, clearly visible in this image are nebulosities above and below the plane of the disk; these betray the presence of the otherwise invisible central star, which cannot be seen directly due to dust in the edge-on disk.

Object Name
Object NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.
Orion Nebula, M42, NGC 1976
Release Date
November 20, 1995
Science Release
Panoramic Hubble Picture Surveys Star Birth, Proto-Planetary Systems in the Great Orion Nebula
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Credit
Credit: Mark McCaughrean (Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy), C. Robert O'Dell (Rice University), and NASA

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Proplyd in the Orion Nebula