This composite image of the Kleinmann-Low Nebula, part of the Orion Nebula complex, is composed of several pointings of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope in optical and near-infrared light. Infrared light allows to peer through the dust of the nebula and to see the stars therein. The revealed stars are shown with a bright red colour in the image. With this image, showing the central region of the Orion Nebula, scientists were looking for rogue planets and brown dwarfs. As side-effect they foun.
Image: “New Hubble image of Kleinmann-Low Nebula” by NASA, ESA/Hubble, licensed CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons.
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- “New Hubble image of Kleinmann-Low Nebula” by NASA, ESA/Hubble (CC BY 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons
