{"id":13706,"date":"2017-01-04T06:00:56","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T11:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13706"},"modified":"2017-01-04T01:04:18","modified_gmt":"2017-01-04T06:04:18","slug":"eso-orion-star-making-unveiled-by-new-observations-in-near-infrared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13706","title":{"rendered":"ESO: Orion star-making unveiled by new observations in near-infrared"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eso.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">ESO<\/a>\u00a0(European Southern Observatory) report:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eso.org\/public\/news\/eso1701\/?lang\" target=\"_blank\">Hidden Secrets of Orion\u2019s Clouds<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><em>VISTA survey gives most detailed view of<br \/>\nOrion A molecular cloud\u00a0in the near-infrared\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13707\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13707\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eso.org\/public\/images\/eso1701a\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13707\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=13707\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/eso1701a1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"700,408\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;ESO\/VISION survey&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;This image from the VISTA infrared survey telescope at ESO\\u2019s Paranal Observatory in northern Chile is part of the largest infrared high-resolution mosaic of Orion ever created. It covers the Orion A molecular cloud, the nearest known massive star factory, lying about 1350 light-years from Earth, and reveals many young stars and other objects normally buried deep inside the dusty clouds.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1483531200&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;The Orion A molecular cloud from VISTA&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Orion A molecular cloud from VISTA\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;This image from the VISTA infrared survey telescope at ESO\u2019s Paranal Observatory in northern Chile is part of the largest infrared high-resolution mosaic of Orion ever created. It covers the Orion A molecular cloud, the nearest known massive star factory, lying about 1350 light-years from Earth, and reveals many young stars and other objects normally buried deep inside the dusty clouds.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/eso1701a1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-13707\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/eso1701a1.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/eso1701a1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/eso1701a1-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13707\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>This image from the VISTA infrared survey telescope at ESO\u2019s Paranal Observatory in northern Chile is part of the largest infrared high-resolution mosaic of Orion ever created. It covers the Orion A molecular cloud, the nearest known massive star factory, lying about 1350 light-years from Earth, and reveals many young stars and other objects normally buried deep inside the dusty clouds. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eso.org\/public\/images\/eso1701a\/\" target=\"_blank\">Larger images<\/a>.]<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"text_intro pr_first\">This spectacular new image is one of the largest near-infrared high-resolution mosaics of the Orion A molecular cloud, the nearest known massive star factory, lying about 1350 light-years from Earth. It was taken using the VISTA infrared survey telescope at ESO\u2019s Paranal Observatory in northern Chile and reveals many young stars and other objects normally buried deep inside the dusty clouds.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZoxaweyCNLs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"text_intro pr_first\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>This video takes a quick look at a new image of one of the coolest bits of the night sky \u2014 the Orion Nebula. By observing in infrared light the VISTA survey telescope at ESO\u2019s Paranal Observatory in Chile can see through the dust and this allowed astronomers to catalogue nearly 800 000 objects in this region, young stars, strange outflows and very distant galaxies.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The new image from the <a href=\"http:\/\/homepage.univie.ac.at\/stefan.meingast\/vision.html\" target=\"_blank\">VISION survey (VIenna Survey In Orion)<\/a> is a montage of images taken in the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Infrared#Regions_within_the_infrared\" target=\"_blank\">near-infrared<\/a> part of the spectrum <a href=\"#1\">[1]<\/a> by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eso.org\/public\/teles-instr\/surveytelescopes\/vista\/\" target=\"_blank\">VISTA<\/a> survey telescope at ESO\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eso.org\/paranal\/\" target=\"_blank\">Paranal Observatory<\/a> in Chile. It covers the whole of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Orion_Molecular_Cloud_Complex\" target=\"_blank\">Orion A molecular cloud<\/a>, one of the two giant molecular clouds in the Orion molecular cloud complex (OMC). Orion A extends for approximately eight degrees to the south of the familiar part of Orion known as the sword <a href=\"#2\">[2]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Oc3UEoc7C0s?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>This close-up video sequence gives a detailed look at a new image from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eso.org\/public\/teles-instr\/surveytelescopes\/vista\/\">VISTA<\/a> infrared survey telescope at ESO\u2019s Paranal Observatory in northern Chile. The image is compared with a visible light view of the region from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS).<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>This new infrared VISTA image is part of the largest infrared high-resolution mosaic of Orion ever created and covers the Orion A molecular cloud, the nearest known massive star factory, lying about 1350 light-years from Earth. The new infrared images reveal many young stars and other objects normally buried deep in the dusty clouds.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>VISTA is the world\u2019s largest dedicated survey telescope, and has a large field of view imaged with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eso.org\/public\/teles-instr\/surveytelescopes\/vista\/camera\/\" target=\"_blank\">very sensitive infrared detectors<\/a>, characteristics that made it ideal for obtaining the deep, high-quality infrared images required by this ambitious survey.<\/p>\n<p>The VISION survey has resulted in a catalogue containing almost 800 000 individually identified stars, young stellar objects and distant galaxies, This represents better depth and coverage than any other survey of this region to date <a href=\"#3\">[3]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_13708\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13708\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eso.org\/public\/images\/eso1701b\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13708\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=13708\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/eso1701b1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"700,530\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;ESO\/VISION survey&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;This collection of highlights is taken from a new infrared image of the Orion A molecular cloud from the VISTA telescope. Many curious structures are clearly seen, including the red jets from very young stars, dark clouds of dust and even tiny images of very distant galaxies.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1483531200&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Highlights from VISTA image of Orion A&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Highlights from VISTA image of Orion A\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;This collection of highlights is taken from a new infrared image of the Orion A molecular cloud from the VISTA telescope. Many curious structures are clearly seen, including the red jets from very young stars, dark clouds of dust and even tiny images of very distant galaxies.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/eso1701b1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-13708\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/eso1701b1.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/eso1701b1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/eso1701b1-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13708\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>This collection of highlights is taken from a new infrared image of the Orion A molecular cloud from the VISTA telescope. Many curious structures are clearly seen, including the red jets from very young stars, dark clouds of dust and even tiny images of very distant galaxies. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eso.org\/public\/images\/eso1701b\/\" target=\"_blank\">Larger images<\/a>]<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>VISTA can see light that the human eye cannot, allowing astronomers to identify many otherwise hidden objects in the stellar nursery. Very young stars that cannot be seen in visible-light images are revealed when observed at longer infrared wavelengths, where the dust that shrouds them is more transparent.<\/p>\n<p>The new image represents a step towards a complete picture of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Star_formation\" target=\"_blank\">star formation<\/a> processes in Orion A, for both low and high mass stars. The most spectacular object is the glorious Orion Nebula, also called <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Orion_Nebula\" target=\"_blank\">Messier 42<\/a> <a href=\"#4\">[4]<\/a> seen towards the left of the image. This region forms part of the sword of the famous bright constellation of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Orion_(constellation)\" target=\"_blank\">Orion (The Hunter)<\/a>. The VISTA catalogue covers both familiar objects and new discoveries. These include five new <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Young_stellar_object\" target=\"_blank\">young stellar object<\/a> candidates and ten candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Galaxy_cluster\" target=\"_blank\">galaxy clusters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nHPQEKoIeVA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>This zoom sequence takes the viewer from a wide view of the Milky Way deep into a fascinating part of the famous constellation of Orion. By observing in near-infrared light the new picture from VISTA, a survey telescope at ESO\u2019s Paranal Observatory, reveals huge numbers of objects that are normally obscured by dust in visible light pictures of the region.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the image, we can look into Orion A\u2019s dark molecular clouds and spot many hidden treasures, including discs of material that could give birth to new stars (pre-stellar discs), nebulosity associated with newly-born stars (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Herbig%E2%80%93Haro_object\" target=\"_blank\">Herbig-Haro objects<\/a>), smaller star clusters and even galaxy clusters lying far beyond the Milky Way. The VISION survey allows the earliest evolutionary phases of young stars within nearby molecular clouds to be systematically studied.<\/p>\n<p>This impressively detailed image of Orion A establishes a new observational foundation for further studies of star and cluster formation and once again highlights the power of the VISTA telescope to image wide areas of sky quickly and deeply in the near-infrared part of the spectrum <a href=\"#5\">[5]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lBIJ_Dzuw8k?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>This sequence compares a new infrared image from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eso.org\/public\/teles-instr\/surveytelescopes\/vista\/\">VISTA<\/a> survey telescope at ESO\u2019s Paranal Observatory in northern Chile with a visible light view of the region from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS).<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>This new infrared VISTA image is part of the largest infrared high-resolution mosaic of Orion ever created and covers the Orion A molecular cloud, the nearest known massive star factory, lying about 1350 light-years from Earth. The new infrared images reveal many young stars and other objects normally buried deep inside the dusty clouds.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Notes<\/h3>\n<p><a class=\"anchor\" name=\"1\"><\/a>[1] The VISION survey covers approximately 18.3 square degrees at a scale of about one-third of an arcsecond per pixel.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"anchor\" name=\"2\"><\/a>[2] The other giant molecular cloud in the Orion Molecular Cloud is Orion B, which lies east of Orion\u2019s Belt.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"anchor\" name=\"3\"><\/a>[3] The complete VISION survey includes an even larger region than is shown in this picture, which covers 39 578 x 23 069 pixels.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"anchor\" name=\"4\"><\/a>[4] The Orion nebula was first described in the early seventeenth century although the identity of the discoverer is uncertain. The French comet-hunter Messier made an accurate sketch of its main features in the mid-eighteenth century and gave it the number 42 in his famous catalogue. He also allocated the number 43 to the smaller detached region just north of the main part of the nebula. Later William Herschel speculated that the nebula might be <em>\u201cthe chaotic material of future suns\u201d<\/em>and astronomers have since discovered that the mist is indeed gas glowing in the fierce ultraviolet light from young hot stars that have recently formed there.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"anchor\" name=\"5\"><\/a>[5] The successful VISION survey of Orion will be followed by a new, bigger public survey of other star-forming regions with VISTA, called <a href=\"http:\/\/visions.univie.ac.at\/\" target=\"_blank\">VISIONS<\/a>, which will start in April 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest\u00a0ESO\u00a0(European Southern Observatory) report: Hidden Secrets of Orion\u2019s Clouds VISTA survey gives most detailed view of Orion A molecular cloud\u00a0in the near-infrared\u00a0 This spectacular new image is one of the largest near-infrared high-resolution mosaics of the Orion A molecular cloud, the nearest known massive star factory, lying about 1350 light-years from Earth. It was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13706\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ESO: Orion star-making unveiled by new observations in near-infrared<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3z4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13293,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13293","url_meta":{"origin":13706,"position":0},"title":"ESO&#8217;s VISTA sees stars through the dust","author":"TopSpacer","date":"October 5, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The European Southern Observatory (ESO) latest report: ESO\u2019s Dustbuster Reveals Hidden Stars In this new image of the nebula Messier 78, young stars cast a bluish pall over their surroundings, while red fledgling stars peer out from their cocoons of cosmic dust. 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