Astronomy Detectives
The Case of the Massive Forming Star
The Case of the Massive Forming Star
The Hubble Space Telescope
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The Orion Nebula seen with the Hubble Space Telescope in visible lightImage Courtesy of NASA and K. Luhman,Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
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There is a better choice.
The Hubble Space Telescope has taken spectacular images of the Orion Nebula. The resolution is enough to clearly separate the stars in the nebula, such as in the Trapezium, but not necessarily in the more crowded Kleinmann-Low (KL) Nebula. More importantly, the wavelengths to which Hubble is sensitive cannot readily escape the dust and gas within and surrounding KL.
