Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Circumstellar Disk Orion 294-606

A JWST image of the edge-on circumstellar disk Orion 294-606 seen silhouetted against the bright background light of the Orion Nebula.
A tiny snippet of JWST data, showing a planetary system in the making, floating in space & silhouetted against the bright background light of the Orion Nebula.
Credit: JWST NIRCam F187N filter (Paschen-a), McCaughrean & Pearson