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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
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                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                  2023 October 10   
       The center of the Orion Nebula is seen in infrared light as imaged by   
        the James Webb Space Telescope. In the center is the Trapezium Star   
       Cluster. The main image is in near infrared light, while the rollover   
        image is in mid-infrared light. Please see the explanation for more   
                               detailed information.   
      
                              Hidden Orion from Webb   
           Image Credit & License: NASA, ESA, CSA, JWST; Processing: M.   
                             McCaughrean & S. Pearson   
      
      Explanation: The Great Nebula in Orion has hidden stars. To the unaided   
      eye in visible light, it appears as a small fuzzy patch in the   
      constellation of Orion. But this image was taken by the Webb Space   
      Telescope in a representative-color composite of red and very near   
      infrared light. It confirms with impressive detail that the Orion   
      Nebula is a busy neighborhood of young stars, hot gas, and dark dust.   
      The rollover image shows the same image in representative colors   
      further into the near infrared. The power behind much of the Orion   
      Nebula (M42) is the Trapezium - a cluster of bright stars near the   
      nebula's center. The diffuse and filamentary glow surrounding the   
      bright stars is mostly heated interstellar dust. Detailed inspection of   
      these images shows an unexpectedly large number of Jupiter-Mass Binary   
      Objects (JuMBOs), pairs of Jupiter-mass objects which might give a clue   
      to how stars are forming. The whole Orion Nebula cloud complex, which   
      includes the Horsehead Nebula, will slowly disperse over the next few   
      million years.   
      
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                           Tomorrow's picture: star gone   
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