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Credit: J. Ware
Explanation:
The Great Nebula in Orion can be found just below and to
the left of the easily identifiable
belt of three stars in the popular constellation Orion.
This fuzzy patch contains one of the closest stellar nurseries,
lying at a distance of about 1500 light years.
In the above picture, the red region on the left consists of nebulae designated
M42 and M43 and contains the bright
Trapezium
open cluster.
The blue region on the right is a nebula
primarily
reflecting
the light from internal bright stars.
Recent observations of the
Orion Nebula by the
Hubble Space Telescope
have located solar-system sized
star-forming regions.
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Publications with keywords: reflection nebula - emission nebula
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