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Čeština: Mlhovina v Orionu skrz Spitzerův vesmírný dalekohled
Dansk: Billede af Oriontågen fra Spitzer-rumteleskopet.
Deutsch: Foto des Orionnebels vom Spitzer-Weltraumteleskop
English: A colony of hot, young stars is stirring up the cosmic scene in this new picture from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. The image shows the Orion nebula, a happening place where stars are born. The young stars dip and peak in brightness due to a variety of reasons. Shifting cold and hot spots on the stars' surfaces cause brightness levels to change, in addition to surrounding disks of lumpy planet-forming material, which can obstruct starlight. Spitzer is keeping tabs on the young stars, providing data on their changing ways. The hottest stars in the region, called the Trapezium cluster, are bright spots at centre right. Radiation and winds from those stars has sculpted and blown away surrounding dust. The densest parts of the cloud appear dark at centre left.
Français : La nébuleuse d'Orion, vue par le télescope spatial Spitzer de la NASA. Cette nébuleuse est éclairée par de jeunes étoiles qui se forment en son sein. Spitzer enregistre les variations de lumière émise par ces étoiles. Ces variations peuvent avoir de nombreuses causes: des zones plus ou moins chaudes à leur surface, ou des éclipses partielles dues à des planètes en formation ou des nuages de poussière et de météorites entourant ces étoiles. Les étoiles les plus chaudes de la région forment l'amas du trapèze, sont visible à droites du centre. Les radiations et le vent stellaire émis par ces étoiles sculptent les nuages de poussière qui les entourent. Les parties les plus denses de la nébuleuse sont les zones sombres à gauche de l'image.
Italiano: Una fotografia - in infrarosso a falsi colori - della regione di formazione stellare nota come Nebulosa di Orione, scattata dal telescopio spaziale Spitzer nell'aprile 2010. La foto evidenzia l'ammasso aperto del Trapezio (l'area bianca più luminosa a metà dell'immagine), un gruppo di otto stelle relativamente giovani situato al centro della nebulosa e circondato da una densa cortina di nubi di gas e polveri
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Author NASA, JPL-Caltech, J. Stauffer (SSC/Caltech)
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This image was taken after Spitzer's liquid coolant ran dry in May 2009, marking the beginning of its "warm" mission. Light from the telescope's remaining infra-red channels has been colour-coded: 3.6-micron light is blue and 4.5-micron light is orange.

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