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FIFI-LS Far-IR spectral imaging of the Orion Nebula

FIFI-LS Far-IR spectral imaging of the Orion Nebula

Date: 
5/12/2014

Right: The Becklin-Neugebauer object, the Trapezium stars, and the Orion Bar observed using FIFI-LS at wavelengths of 63, 145, and 157 microns, corresponding to prominent lines of neutral oxygen [OI] and singly ionized carbon [CII] (FIFI-LS Team). Left: Spitzer image of the Orion Nebula (red: 8 μm, orange: 5.8 μm, green: 4.5 μm, blue: 3.6 μm; Thomas Megeath). The red contours indicate the position of the FIFI-LS observation mosaics.

Credit: 

Right: FIFI-LS Team; Left: Thomas Megeath

Image Number: 
SCI2014_0006
Astronomical Objects: 
nebula
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Instrument: 
FIFI-LS
More Information: 

SOFIA's Instrument Suite Gains New Spectrometer, FIFI-LS

  • NASA
  • DLR
  • USRA
  • DSI
  •  

Rob Landis
NASA
Project Manager

Naseem Rangwala
NASA
Project Scientist

Margaret Meixner, USRA
Science Mission Operations Director