by Greg » Fri Jan 20, 2006 4:08 pm
C. Robert O’Dell, Vanderbilt University, Physics and Astronomy Department, replied to me:
"This object is a proplyd (protoplanetary disk) seen edge-on against the
background light from the nebula. It is included in the discussion within
a review article I have written 2001 Annual Reviews of Astronomy and
Astrophysics, vol. 39, p. 99. It is also discussed in a layman-audience
book "The Orion Nebula: Where Stars are Born" 2003 C. R. O'Dell, Harvard University Press-available in bookstores and Amazon."
C. Robert O’Dell, Vanderbilt University, Physics and Astronomy Department, replied to me:
"This object is a proplyd (protoplanetary disk) seen edge-on against the
background light from the nebula. It is included in the discussion within
a review article I have written 2001 Annual Reviews of Astronomy and
Astrophysics, vol. 39, p. 99. It is also discussed in a layman-audience
book "The Orion Nebula: Where Stars are Born" 2003 C. R. O'Dell, Harvard University Press-available in bookstores and Amazon."