What is better than a watercolor painting? Well, a cosmic phenomenon that resembles one. This is the case of the impressive Orion Nebula, a celestial body recently captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. Yes, although the James Webb is already in orbit ready to show us the universe like never before almost since its inception, Hubble continues to demonstrate its strength with impressive images.
To show what it is capable of, Hubble shows us today the impressive Orion Nebula. Also called Messier 42, M42 or NGC-1976, It is one of the most observed and studied bodies in the sky observable from Earth.
Spanning about 24 light-years across, and at a distance of about 1,350 light-years from Earth, the Orion Nebula is associated with a Herbig-Haro object. That is, it is related to newly formed stars in space. How are they formed? So far it seems to be a result of the interaction between the gas expelled by the central star, with clouds of gaseous material and interstellar-type dust colliding at high speeds (up to several kilometers per second).
The new image published by the POT It comes courtesy of the Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys. Thus, thanks to the amount of ultraviolet radiation known from the Orion Nebula, researchers they have decided to use it as an exploration field to test the possibilities of the equipment.
How did Hubble manage to capture these amazing images?
The region observed by Hubble is known as HH 505, which emits high levels of luminosity. It is a quite colorful area that is found surrounding newborn stars within the nebula. In the case of the HH 505, high-speed gas waves come from the star IX Oriwhich is about 1,000 light-years from Earth, almost outside the nebula.
It has a very vibrant activity inside. So much so that in the picture energetic charges and currents of stellar material are easily palpable that make it up. Thanks to the material, scientists can understand in a deeper and more complete way how is the behavior and development of these bodies in the wide space vacuum.
Due to the rich dynamics within the Orion Nebula, has been the object of admiration and study by researchers. In addition, it is one of the most used points when it comes to testing the photographic equipment that they have. In this case, it was the Hubble that has once again proved its worth with some wonderful images.