M42 Orion Nebula Fly-Through Animation

This animation reveals the topography and beauty of the Orion Nebula like never before. Based on data obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope, all of the gas clouds, stars and proplyds are positioned as accurately as possible. The animation ends with a close-up examination of the proplyd HST-10, where astronomers see dust grains clumping in the early formation of rocky planets, but whose gaseous envelope is also being burned away by the Trapezium stars in the nebula's center.

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• M42
• Orion
• Nebula
• Fly
• Through
• Animation

[Xouldriva]

What software was used to make that?

[yannp69]

yes it's real

[Gzero91]

@fyxyy It's real alright. It's real.

[fyxyy]

is it real?

[Brotramel]

@archangel1092 When your Body dies, your consciousness will return to the stars. Do not worry. You will be home.

[jmm1233]

thats one big black hole

[archangel1092]

I hope when I die that my  soul can travel throughout the universe.

[theoxiiii]

@fsdgrgddigijbndgfd A quasar is an active CORE OF A GALAXY right?

[SubliminalAttraction]

Love this video!

Would love to use this for one of my music tracks.

[patswickedpissah]

It's NOT a quasar, black hole or neutron star, it's a star in the early stages of formation ringed by debris that may form a system of planets, asteroids and comets. For a brief couple million years the star has opposing polar jets.