File:Orion Bullets with GeMS.jpg

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Credit/Provider	International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
Source	NSF's NOIRLab
Short title	Orion "Bullets" with GeMS
Image title	This image is just one of millions of astronomical images processed using IRAF. Obtained during the late commissioning phase of the GeMS adaptive optics system, with the Gemini South AO Imager (GSAOI) on the night of 28 December 2012, it reveals exquisite details in the outskirts of the Orion Nebula. In this image, the blue spots are clouds of gaseous iron "bullets" being propelled at supersonic speeds from a region of massive star formation outside, and below, this image's field of view. As these "bullets" pass through neutral hydrogen gas they heat up the hydrogen and produce the pillars that trace the passage of the iron clouds.
Usage terms	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Date and time of data generation	00:00, 8 January 2013
Software used	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Macintosh)
File change date and time	16:29, 3 January 2013
Date and time of digitizing	06:00, 31 December 2012
Date metadata was last modified	06:29, 3 January 2013
Unique ID of original document	xmp.did:F87F1174072068118C14ED2886134D86
Keywords	Orion Nebula
Contact information	https://noirlab.edu 950 North Cherry Ave. Tucson, AZ, 85719 USA
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