This region of the Orion Nebula is seen as a colorful, bright region of gas and dust, mostly in shades of green, yellow, orange and brown. It's brightest toward the center and darkens at the image edges.

Hubble Orion Nebula Looking toward the Trapezium

This spectacular colour panorama of the center the Orion nebula is one of the largest pictures ever assembled from individual images taken with the Hubble Space Telescope. The picture, seamlessly composited from a mosaic of 15 separate fields, covers an area of sky about five percent the area covered by the full Moon.

Credits: NASA, ESA, C.R. O'Dell (Rice University), and S.K. Wong (Rice University)