{"id":18196,"date":"2019-01-08T01:44:50","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T17:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/3-d-views-reveal-orions-dragon-in-space\/"},"modified":"2019-01-08T01:44:50","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T17:44:50","slug":"3-d-views-reveal-orions-dragon-in-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/3-d-views-reveal-orions-dragon-in-space\/","title":{"rendered":"3-D views reveal \u2018Orion\u2019s Dragon\u2019 in space"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_472162\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-472162\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full-width wp-image-472162\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/190107-dragon-630x630.jpg\" alt=\"Orion's Dragon\" width=\"630\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/190107-dragon-630x630.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/190107-dragon-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/190107-dragon-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/190107-dragon-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/190107-dragon.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"caption-attachment-472162\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A color-coded image that\u2019s based on SOFIA infrared data shows \u201cOrion\u2019s Dragon\u201d in the Orion Nebula, more than 1,300 light-years from Earth. (NASA \/ USRA \/ DLR Image)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Spectral readings from the Orion Nebula have charted the cosmic weather patterns for powerful stellar winds that have created a bubble of material that\u2019s 12 light-years wide, as well as a structure that\u2019s been nicknamed \u201cOrion\u2019s Dragon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The dragon shape stands out in a 3-D video produced using data from NASA\u2019s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, a Boeing 747 jet that\u2019s been converted to carry a 106-inch telescope and other scientific instruments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we first saw it, we were standing around my computer screen looking at it and say, \u2018Hey, doesn\u2019t that look like a dragon?\u2019 And everybody said, \u2018Yeah, that looks like a dragon,\u2019 \u201d Joan Schmelz, the SOFIA project\u2019s associate director for science and public outreach at the Universities Space Research Association, said today at the American Astronomical Society\u2019s winter meeting in Seattle.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s even a stereoscopic video clip that pops out when seen with red-blue 3-D glasses. (You can download the MPG file via the SOFIA website.)<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=b0yle&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1082345601273073666&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geekwire.com%2F2019%2F3-d-views-reveal-orions-dragon-space%2F&amp;sessionId=b0c7605b981a299a8a1ea88e9221829376f6d422&amp;siteScreenName=geekwire&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1782801922196248457=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A stellar wind created by a newborn star in the Orion Nebula is blowing a bubble \u2014 preventing more stars from forming nearby. Until now, scientists thought that other processes, like supernovae, were responsible for regulating forming stars. More: https:\/\/t.co\/XsPFezRmsm #AAS233 pic.twitter.com\/jrVM8Uw2DS<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SOFIA Telescope (@SOFIAtelescope) January 7, 2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The dragon, complete with a head, tail and a bluish ribcage, is embedded in a \u201cdata cube\u201d that was compiled from more than 2 million readings taken on the SOFIA airplane over the course of 40 hours. A spectrometer known as the German Receiver for Astronomy at Terahertz Frequencies, or GREAT, recorded the spectral fingerprints of carbon inside the Orion Nebula over time.<\/p>\n<p>SOFIA\u2019s data cube documents the velocity of the winds of material thrown off by a massive star known as Theta 1 Orionis C, and graphically shows how the winds interact with the molecular clouds surrounding the star.<\/p>\n<p>Such interactions have a big effect on star formation: The SOFIA findings reveal that the winds are blowing out a huge bubble of gas and disrupting the birth sites of new stars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy daughter gave birth about a year and a half ago, and so my granddaughter is now approaching her \u2018terrible twos\u2019 and she\u2019s practicing her tantrums,\u201d said Alexander Tielens, an astronomer at Leiden Observatory in the Netherlands who is the senior author of a paper about the Orion observations, published today in Nature Astronomy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBasically, what you can say is that this star is showing a tantrum,\u201d Tielens said, \u201cand throwing everything out of the birth sites in which it was formed and moving it around.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s just what dragons do, as any fan of \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d would know.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"SOFIA spots 'Orion's Dragon'\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bZeYLqTAcWU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-ratio=\"0.75\" data-width=\"800\" data-height=\"600\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px; width: 800px; height: 600px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A color-coded image that\u2019s based on SOFIA infrared data shows \u201cOrion\u2019s Dragon\u201d in the Orion Nebula, more than 1,300 light-years from Earth. (NASA \/ USRA \/ DLR Image) Spectral readings from the Orion Nebula have charted the cosmic weather patterns for powerful stellar winds that have created a bubble of material that\u2019s 12 light-years wide, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4393,1661,2031],"class_list":["post-18196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-aas","tag-astronomy","tag-sofia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18196"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18196\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}