Tuesday night, December 5th at 19h45 Hawaiian time, the first data cube
scanning the s(1)(1-0) line of molecular hydrogen at 2.12 microns was
obtained with the Fabry Perot of GriF and the adaptive optics bonnette
of the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope. This image features shows parts
of the Orion Molecular Cloud, OMC-1. The region next to the
Becklin-Neugebauer object is visible, with the so-called bullets: blobs
of material, part of a large scale molecular outflow being ejected at
high speed. The velocity field is color coded in the
image. Material moving toward us is shown in blue, while material
receding from us appears in red. The complex velocity field of the
outflow and the "bullets" are apparent. Note that this image has not
been treated for cosmetics.
