Astronomy Picture of the Day · January 10, 2013

The Orion Bullets

The Astronomy Picture of the Day for January 10, 2013 is “The Orion Bullets,” an image. It is credited to Image Credit: GeMS/GSAOI Team, Gemini Observatory, AURA Processing: Rodrigo Carrasco (Gemini Obs.), Travis Rector ( Univ. Alaska Anchorage ). The original explanation runs about 152 words.

From the explanation

“Cosmic bullets pierce the outskirts of the Orion Nebula some 1500 light-years distant in this sharp infrared close-up . Blasted out by energetic massive star formation the bullets, relatively dense , hot gas clouds about ten times the size of Pluto’s orbit, are blue in the false color image.”

— APOD editors, January 10, 2013

Read the full explanation on science.nasa.gov

At a glance

Date: January 10, 2013
Type: Image
Credit: Credit: Image Credit: GeMS/GSAOI Team, Gemini Observatory, AURA Processing: Rodrigo Carrasco (Gemini Obs.), Travis Rector ( Univ. Alaska Anchorage )
Copyright: No copyright notice on the entry. Check the credited institution’s own usage rules before reusing it.
Explanation length: About 152 words

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Source

Astronomy Picture of the Day, January 10, 2013 — science.nasa.gov/image-article/apod-2013-january-10-the-orion-bullets

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