APOD: Inside the Flame Nebula

This image shows the Flame Nebula which is 1,400 light years away and consists of crowded star-forming regions toward Orion's Belt. The X-ray data from the Chandra Observatory and the infrared images from the Spitzer Space Telescope shows what is past the glowing gas and dust clouds. When scrolling over this image you can see the most recently formed stars. The youngest stars are in the center of the Flame Nebula. I think that it's interesting seeing this image of star formation in the Flame Nebula after we have learned about nebulae and star formation in astronomy class.