Infrared view of the Orion nebula

by: ESO/Novapix
Reference: a-neb19-76034
Date: 2016-08-07

This spectacular image of the Orion Nebula star-formation region was obtained from multiple exposures using the HAWK-I infrared camera on ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile. This is the deepest view ever of this region and reveals more very faint planetary-mass objects than expected.

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