Chandra/Orion Media Telecon

Panelists:

• Dr. Scott Wolk, Astrophysicist, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory


• Dr. Eric Feigelson, Professor, Astronomy & Astrophysics faculty at Penn State University


• Dr. Joan Najita, Astronomer, National Optical Astronomy Observatories

Graphics

• Fig 1: VLT Image jpeg | tif | ps
  
• Fig 2: Chandra X-ray Images of Orion: Full-field & Close-up Views jpeg | tif | ps
  
• Fig 3: Chandra Data in Motion mov (small) | mov (large) | mpg (small) | mpg (large)
  
• Fig 4: Hubble Optical Image of Orion jpeg | tif | ps
  
• Fig 5: Animation mov (small) | mov (large) | mpg (small) | mpg (large)
  
• Fig 6: Large flares: turbulent disk illustrations jpeg | tif | ps
  
• Fig 7: Small flares: non-turbulent disk illustrations jpeg | tif | ps
  

Factoids

• COUP: "Chandra Orion Ultradeep Project," a large international project involving dozens of scientists
• X-ray Data: About 10 days worth of Chandra observation time spread over 13 days (January 2003)
• Distance to Orion Nebula: 1,500 light years (~9,000 trillion miles or 9 quadrillion miles)
• Constellation: Orion
• Sources in Orion: About 1,400 X-ray sources in full Chandra field of view, approximately 30 share properties of our Sun from 4-5 billion years ago

Links

• Press Release: Planetary Protection: X-ray Super-Flares Aid Formation of "Solar Systems"
• Additional Orion Materials at Chandra
• Photo Album
• Chronicle: A Primer on Planet-forming Disks and Flares in Orion