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We present new mid-infrared images of the central region of the Orion Nebulausing the newly commissioned SOFIA airborne telescope and its 5 -- 40 microncamera FORCAST. The 37.1 micron images represent the highest resolutionobservations (<4") ever obtained of this region at these wavelengths. AfterBN/KL (which is described in a separate letter in this issue), the dominantsource at all wavelengths except 37.1 micron is the Ney-Allen Nebula, acrescent-shaped extended source associated with theta 1D. The morphology of theNey-Allen nebula in our images is consistent with the interpretation that it isambient dust swept up by the stellar wind from theta 1D, as suggested by Smithet al. (2005). Our observations also reveal emission from two "proplyds"(proto-planetary disks), and a few embedded young stellar objects (YSOs; IRc9,and OMC1S IRS1, 2, and 10). The spectral energy distribution for IRc9 ispresented and fitted with standard YSO models from Robitaille et al. (2007) toconstrain the total luminosity, disk size, and envelope size. The diffuse,nebular emission we observe at all FORCAST wavelengths is most likely from thebackground photodissociation region (PDR) and shows structure that coincidesroughly with H_alpha and [N II] emission. We conclude that the spatialvariations in the diffuse emission are likely due to undulations in the surfaceof the background PDR.

First Science Observations with SOFIA/FORCAST: 6 to 37 micron Imaging of the Central Orion Nebula