Near-infrared observations of line emission from excited H _ { 2 } 
and in the continuum are reported in the direction of the Orion molecular cloud OMC1 , using the European Southern Observatory Very Large Telescope UT4 , equipped with the NAOS adaptive optics system on the CONICA infrared array camera .
Spatial resolution has been achieved at close to the diffraction limit of the telescope ( 0.08 ” – 0.12 ” ) and images show a wealth of morphological detail .
Structure is not fractal but shows two preferred scale sizes of 2.4 ” ( 1100 AU ) and 1.2 ” ( 540 AU ) , where the larger scale may be associated with star formation .