Hubblecast 32 Born in Beauty Proplyds in the Orion Nebula
Visible to the naked eye, only 1500 light-years from Earth, the great Orion Nebula has been known and revered since ancient times. A popular target of Hubble, researchers have now identified 42 new discs within it that could be the beginnings of new planetary systems like our own. Credit: ESA/Hubble Visual design & Editing: Martin Kornmesser Animations: Martin Kornmesser & Greg Bacon (STScI), model based on data by C.R. O'Dell (Vanderbilt University), The American Museum of Natural History/Rose Center for Earth and Space and Robert Hurt (Spitzer Science Center) Web Technical Support: Lars Holm Nielsen & Raquel Yumi Shida Written by: Colleen Sharkey & Claudia Mignone Host: Dr. J Narration: Gaitee Hussain Cinematography: Peter Rixner Music: movetwo & John Dyson from the CD Darklight Additional images: Draper portrait: Draper Family Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution; Draper image of Orion Nebula: Harvard College Observatory Plate Collection; Palenque Overview: Jacob Rus Directed by: Colleen Sharkey Executive producer: Lars Lindberg Christensen Acknowledgement: Luca Ricci
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