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      Center of Orion Nebula with the Trapezium Star Cluster
      Wallpaper author:
      John Tipton

      09 Apr 2021

      Center of Orion Nebula with the Trapezium Star Cluster

      The Trapezium star cluster is named after the asterism formed by its four brightest stars. More than a dozen additional stars can be seen around the four bright stars in this image. Most of the cluster stars, however, are hidden by dense dust in this region of Orion and can only be seen using infrared imaging techniques.

      Dataset from which the image was processed

      M42

      8 credit

      Open
      Telescope Live
      CHI-1-CCD
      • Type of target
        ............................................................................................................................
        Emission Nebula
      • Camera
        ............................................................................................................................
        FLI ProLine PL9000
      • Target coordinates
        ............................................................................................................................
        RA 83.8221 Dec -5.3911
      • Hemisphere
        ............................................................................................................................
        Southern
      • Telescope location
        ............................................................................................................................
        Chile
      • Transient event
        ............................................................................................................................
        No
      • Observed on
        ............................................................................................................................
        07 Nov 2019 - 25 Mar 2022
      Filter
      Avg Exp (s)
      Total Exposure
      Subframes
      Green4058m86
      Luminance501h12m86
      Red2536m85
      Blue2434m85
      Halpha1232h54m85

      Center of Orion Nebula with the Trapezium Star Cluster