The Becklin-
Neugebauer object
(BN): Hot star, just
reaching the main
sequence
Kleinmann-Low
nebula (KL): Cluster
of cool, young
protostars
detectable only in
the infrared
Spectral
types of the
trapezium
stars
Visual image of the Orion Nebula
Protostars with protoplanetary disks
B3
B1
B1
O6
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