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ThehiddenfiresoftheFlameNebula。Thisimage,thefirsttobereleasedpubliclyfromVISTA,theworld’slargestsurveytelescope,showsthespectacularstar-formingregionknownastheFlameNebula,orNGC2024,intheconstellationofOrion(theHunter)anditssurroundings.Inviewsofthisevocativeobjectinvisiblelightthecoreofthenebulaiscompletelyhiddenbehindobscuringdust,butinthisVISTAview,takenininfraredlight,theclusterofveryyoungstarsattheobject’sheartisrevealed.Thewide-fieldVISTAviewalsoincludestheglowofthereflectionnebulaNGC2023,justbelowcentre,andtheghostlyoutlineoftheHorseheadNebula(Barnard33)towardsthelowerright.ThebrightbluishstartowardstherightisoneofthethreebrightstarsformingtheBeltofOrion.TheimagewascreatedfromVISTAimagestakenthroughJ,HandKsfiltersinthenear-infraredpartofthespectrum.TheimageshowsabouthalftheareaofthefullVISTAfieldandisabout40x50arcminutesinextent.Thetotalexposuretimewas14minutes.ThisimageisavailableasamountedimageintheESOshop.这是世界上最大的巡天望远镜VISTA首次公开发布的图像，显示了猎户座及其周围壮观的恒星形成区域，称为火焰星云或NGC2024。在可见光下观察这一令人印象深刻的天体时，星云的核心完全隐藏在模糊的尘埃后面，但在这张由红外光拍摄的远景图中，揭示了该天体中心非常年轻的恒星团。广角视景还包括中央下方反射星云NGC2023的辉光，以及右下角马头星云（Barnard33）的鬼影轮廓。右侧明亮的蓝色恒星是构成猎户座带的三颗明亮恒星之一。这幅图像是从光谱近红外部分通过J、H和Ks滤光片拍摄的VISTA图像创建的。该图像显示了整个VISTA区域的大约一半区域，范围约为40x50arcminutes。总暴露时间为14分钟。此映像在ESOshop中作为挂载映像提供
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