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Hubble Telescope : Flight Through the Orion Nebula in Visible and Infrared Light.

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Hubble Telescope: Flight Through the Orion Nebula in Visible and Infrared Light                               Flight Through the Orion Nebula in Visible and Infrared Light This version of "Flight Through the Orion Nebula in Visible and Infrared Light" has been rendered onto a hemispherical format (azimuthal equidistant projection) for use in planetarium domes. The black circular mask in the images denotes the edge of the hemispherical dome projection. The video is for preview purposes. Planetariums will want to download the frames and the audio files (see links on the right side of this web page). This visualization explores the Orion Nebula using both visible-light observations from the Hubble Space Telescope and infrared-light observations from the Spitzer Space Telescope. The contrast between visible and infrared views of the nebula is examined using two spatially matched three-dimensional mo...