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We present the results of a 0.5-0.9" FWHM imaging survey at K (2.2 micron) and H (1.6 micron) covering 5.1' x 5.1' centered on Theta 1C Ori, the most massive star in the Orion Nebula Cluster (ONC). At the age and distance of this cluster,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-05 Lynne A. Hillenbrand , John M. Carpenter

Wide-field (~8' x 8') and deep near-infrared (JHKs bands) polarization images of the Orion nebulae (IRNe) around young stellar objects (YSOs), both massive and low-mass. We found the IRNe around both IRc2 and BN to be very extensive,…

The [CII] $158\,\mu\mathrm{m}$ fine-structure line is one of the dominant coolants of the neutral interstellar medium. It is hence one of the brightest far-infrared emission lines and can be observed not only in star-forming regions…

Previous work has shown the Orion Bar to be an interface between ionized and molecular gas, viewed roughly edge on, which is excited by the light from the Trapezium cluster. Much of the emission from any star-forming region will originate…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 E. W. Pellegrini , J. A. Baldwin , G. J. Ferland , Gargi Shaw , S. Heathcote

We present the polarization images in the $J$, $H$, & $Ks$ bands of the Orion Molecular Cloud 1 South region. The polarization images clearly show at least six infrared reflection nebulae (IRNe) which are barely seen or invisible in the…

Based on the Chandra Orion Ultradeep Project (COUP) observation, we establish the global X-ray properties of the stellar population associated with the Orion Nebula. Three components contribute roughly equally to the integrated COUP…

We report the discovery of large-amplitude, periodic X-ray emission from the O7 V star theta^1 Orionis C, the central star of the Orion Nebula. Ten ROSAT HRI snapshots of the Trapezium cluster taken over the course of 21 days show that the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Marc Gagne , Jean-Pierre Caillault , John R. Stauffer , Jeffrey L. Linsky

Many low-mass stars in the Orion nebula are associated with very compact (~= 1 arcsec) emission knots, known variously as proplyds, PIGs or LV knots. Some of these knots are teardrop-shaped, with ``tails'' pointing away from the massive…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 W. J. Henney , S. J. Arthur

Using the NIFS near-infrared integral-field spectrograph behind the facility adaptive optics module, ALTAIR, on Gemini North, we have identified several massive O-type stars that are responsible for the ionization of the Galactic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Robert D. Blum , Peter J. McGregor

The bubble nebula surrounding NGC 1313 X-2 is believed to be powered by high velocity winds from the central ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX) as a result of supercritical accretion. With the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-08-24 Changxing Zhou , Fuyan Bian , Hua Feng , Jiahui Huang

We report the discovery of a dozen Herbig-Haro jets illuminated by the Lyman continuum and/or softer far-ultraviolet radiation fields of nearby high mass stars. Five irradiated outflows lie in the outer parts of the Orion Nebula and seven…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 John Bally , Bo Reipurth

Recent Hubble Space Telescope images have allowed the determination with unprecedented accuracy of motions and changes of shocks within the inner Orion Nebula. These originate from collimated outflows from very young stars, some within the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-09-23 C. R. O'Dell , G. J. Ferland , W. J. Henney , M. Peimbert , Ma. T. Garcia-Diaz , Robert H. Rubin

HST images, MUSE maps of emission-lines, and an atlas of high velocity resolution emission-line spectra have been used to establish for the firrst time correlations of the electron temperature, electron density, radial velocity, turbulence,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-10-24 C. R. O'Dell , G. J. Ferland , M. Peimbert

We present the first thermal-infrared imaging photometry for several embedded sources in the OMC1 South cloud core in the Orion nebula, and propose that some of these drive optical Herbig-Haro jets emerging from the region. Thermal-infrared…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Nathan Smith , John Bally , Ralph Y. Shuping , Mark Morris , Thomas L. Hayward

Examination of emission lines in high-velocity resolution optical spectra of the Orion Nebula confirms that the velocity component on the red wing of the main ionization front emission line is due to backscattering in the Photon Dominated…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-12-28 C. R. O'Dell , G. J. Ferland , J. E. Mendez-Delgado

A nebular analysis of the central Orion Nebula and its main structures is presented. We exploit MUSE integral field observations in the wavelength range 4595-9366 \r{A} to produce the first O, S and N ionic and total abundance maps of a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-12-10 A. F. Mc Leod , P. M. Weilbacher , A. Ginsburg , J. E. Dale , S. Ramsay , L. Testi

We have extended the work of Papers I and II of this series to determine at higher spatial resolution the properties of the embedded Orion-S Molecular Cloud that lies within the ionized cavity of the Orion Nebula and of the thin ionized…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-03-03 C. R. O'Dell , G. J. Ferland , N. P. Abel

The search of consistency between nebular and massive star abundances has been a longstanding problem. I briefly review what has been done regarding to this topic, also presenting a recent study focused on the Orion nebula: the O and Si…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Sergio Simón Díaz

We present IFU observations of six emission-line nebulae that surround the central galaxy of cool core clusters. Qualitatively similar nebulae are observed in cool core clusters even when the dynamics and possibly formation and excitation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 N. A. Hatch , C. S. Crawford , A. C. Fabian

The existence of multiple layers in the inner Orion Nebula has been revealed using data from an Atlas of spectra at 2" and 12 km/s resolution. These data were sometimes grouped over Samples of 10"x10"to produce high Signal to Noise spectra…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-05-02 C. R. O'Dell