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05-25-2018, 11:23 PM
Fly through the Orion Nebula
Eleanor Imster in SPACE | May 24, 2018
Take 3 minutes to fly through the spectacular Orion Nebula, in this new 3D visualization from NASA.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkWrjrdT3Zg
Astronomers and visualization specialists from NASA’s Universe of Learning program combined the visible and infrared capabilities of the Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes to create this three-minute, three-dimensional, fly-through movie of the magnificent Orion Nebula.
The Orion Nebula, a nearby stellar nursery, is an enormous cloud of gas and dust, one of many in our Milky Way galaxy. It lies roughly 1,300 light-years from Earth. At some 30 to 40 light-years in diameter, this great big nebulous cocoon is giving birth to perhaps a thousand stars.
To create the movie, the team from the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, and the Caltech/IPAC in Pasadena, California, used actual scientific data along with Hollywood techniques to produce the most detailed multi-wavelength visualization yet of the Orion Nebula.
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The musical composition by Dvorak is the perfect accompaniment for this visual feast. - ilan
Eleanor Imster in SPACE | May 24, 2018
Take 3 minutes to fly through the spectacular Orion Nebula, in this new 3D visualization from NASA.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkWrjrdT3Zg
Astronomers and visualization specialists from NASA’s Universe of Learning program combined the visible and infrared capabilities of the Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes to create this three-minute, three-dimensional, fly-through movie of the magnificent Orion Nebula.
The Orion Nebula, a nearby stellar nursery, is an enormous cloud of gas and dust, one of many in our Milky Way galaxy. It lies roughly 1,300 light-years from Earth. At some 30 to 40 light-years in diameter, this great big nebulous cocoon is giving birth to perhaps a thousand stars.
To create the movie, the team from the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, and the Caltech/IPAC in Pasadena, California, used actual scientific data along with Hollywood techniques to produce the most detailed multi-wavelength visualization yet of the Orion Nebula.
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The musical composition by Dvorak is the perfect accompaniment for this visual feast. - ilan
