A Deep Infrared View of the Orion Nebula from HAWK-I (IMAGE)

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A Deep Infrared View of the Orion Nebula from HAWK-I

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This spectacular image of the Orion Nebula star-formation region was obtained from multiple exposures using the HAWK-I infrared camera on ESO's Very Large Telescope in Chile. This is the deepest view ever of this region and reveals more very faint planetary-mass objects than expected.

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ESO/H. Drass et al.

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