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This is a multi-wavelength image of the Orion nebula. Panel A and B are Spitzer images overlaid with XMM-Newton data.
Panel C is an optical image obtained with the UK Schmidt telescope overlaid with XMM-Newton data. Panel D contains the same UK Schmidt telescope image with overlays of radio data from the Very Large Array.
Credits:
Panel A: AAAS/Science (ESA XMM-Newton and NASA Spitzer data)
B: NASA/ Spitzer, C: © Anglo-Australian Observatory/David Malin Images, D: © Anglo-Australian Observatory/David Malin Images, VLA