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Collection:
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NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
Collection
NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
Collection
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Title:
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The Reflection Nebula in Orion
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The Reflection Nebula in Orion
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Full Description:
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Just weeks after NASA astronauts repaired the Hubble Space Telescope in December 1999, the Hubble Heritage Project snapped this picture of NGC 1999, a nebula in the constellation Orion. The Heritage astronomers, in collaboration with scientists in Texas and Ireland, used Hubble's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) to obtain the color image. NGC 1999 is an example of a reflection nebula. Like fog around a street lamp, a reflection nebula shines only because the light from an imbedded source illuminates its dust; the nebula does not emit any visible light of its own. NGC 1999 lies close to the famous Orion Nebula, about 1,500 light-years from Earth, in a region of our Milky Way galaxy where new stars are being formed actively. NGC 1999 was discovered some two centuries ago by Sir William Herschel and his sister Caroline, and was cataloged later in the 19th century as object 1999 in the New General Catalogue. This data was collected in January 2000 by the Hubble Heritage Team with the collaboration of star-formation experts C. Robert O'Dell (Rice University), Thomas P. Ray (Dublin Institute for Advanced Study), and David Corcoran (University of Limerick).
Full_Description
Just weeks after NASA astronauts repaired the Hubble Space Telescope in December 1999, the Hubble Heritage Project snapped this picture of NGC 1999, a nebula in the constellation Orion. The Heritage astronomers, in collaboration with scientists in Texas and Ireland, used Hubble's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) to obtain the color image. NGC 1999 is an example of a reflection nebula. Like fog around a street lamp, a reflection nebula shines only because the light from an imbedded source illuminates its dust; the nebula does not emit any visible light of its own. NGC 1999 lies close to the famous Orion Nebula, about 1,500 light-years from Earth, in a region of our Milky Way galaxy where new stars are being formed actively. NGC 1999 was discovered some two centuries ago by Sir William Herschel and his sister Caroline, and was cataloged later in the 19th century as object 1999 in the New General Catalogue. This data was collected in January 2000 by the Hubble Heritage Team with the collaboration of star-formation experts C. Robert O'Dell (Rice University), Thomas P. Ray (Dublin Institute for Advanced Study), and David Corcoran (University of Limerick).
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Date:
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03/02/2000
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NASA Center:
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Hubble Space Telescope Center
NASA_Center
Hubble Space Telescope Center
NASA Center
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Subject Category:
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Deep Space Studies
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Deep Space Studies
Subject Category
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Subject Category:
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Hubble
Subject_Category
Hubble
Subject Category
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Keywords:
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Space
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Keywords:
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Field
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Keywords:
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Camera
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Keywords:
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Telescope
Keywords
Telescope
Keywords
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Keywords:
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Wide
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Keywords:
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Planetary
Keywords
Planetary
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Keywords:
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Hubble
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Keywords:
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HST
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Keywords:
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Nebula
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Keywords:
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WFPC
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Keywords:
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NGC
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Keywords:
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1999
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Keywords:
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Reflection
Keywords
Reflection
Keywords
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Audience:
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General Public
Audience
General Public
Audience
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facet_what:
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Camera 2
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Camera 2
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facet_what:
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Earth
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Earth
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facet_what:
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Orion
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Orion
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facet_what:
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Visible Light
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Visible Light
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facet_what:
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Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
facet_what
Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
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facet_where:
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Texas
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Texas
facet_where
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facet_where:
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Milky Way Galaxy
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Milky Way Galaxy
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facet_where:
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Dublin
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Dublin
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facet_where:
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Ireland
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Ireland
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19th century
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19th century
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facet_when:
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December 1999
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December 1999
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facet_when:
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January 2000
facet_when
January 2000
facet_when
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facet_when:
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03-02-2000
facet_when
03-02-2000
facet_when
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facet_when_year:
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1999
facet_when_year
1999
facet_when_year
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facet_when_year:
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2000
facet_when_year
2000
facet_when_year
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Image #:
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PR00-10
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original_url:
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original_url
original_url
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UID:
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SPD-GRIN-GPN-2000-00 0888
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SPD-GRIN-GPN-2000-00 0888
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Center:
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HSTI
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Center Number:
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PR00-10
Center_Number
PR00-10
Center Number
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GRIN DataBase Number:
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GPN-2000-000888
GRIN_DataBase_Number
GPN-2000-000888
GRIN DataBase Number
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Creator-Photographer:
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NASA The Hubble Heritage Team
Creator-Photographer
NASA The Hubble Heritage Team
Creator-Photographer
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Original Source:
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DIGITAL
Original_Source
DIGITAL
Original Source
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