*Description*: A NASA Hubble Space Telescope "true color" mosaic image of a small portion of the Orion Nebula, taken the Wide Field and Planetary Camera (in wide field mode). Hubble shows a wealth of detail never seen before in the nebula. New features include: elongated objects oriented on the brightest stars in this region (which are located just off the edge of the picture); rapidly expanding plumes of material around young stars; and protoplanetary disks. This color photograph is a composite of separate images taken at the wavelengths of three abundant elements in the nebula: Hydrogen, Oxygen and Nitrogen. The images were taken August 13 and 14, 1991. The image is 1.29 light-years across. Technical facts about this news release: Back to entire collection [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/index/609/ ] Next release [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1992/28/ ] Previous release [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1993/05/ ] *News Release Number:*: STScI-1992-29a
