... Credit Copyright: Maurice Toet , Steve Loughran , Darren Jehan Tim Jardine Explanation: The dark Horsehead Nebula and the glowing OrionNebula are contrasting cosmic vistas. ...
... Astronomy Picture of the Day . M42: Wisps of the OrionNebula . << Yesterday . 20.11.2006 . Tomorrow >> . ... In addition to housing a bright open cluster of stars known as the Trapezium , the OrionNebula contains many stellar nurseries ...
... Credit Copyright: Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope , J.-C. Cuillandre ( CFHT ), Coelum Explanation: Few astronomical sights excite the imagination like the nearby stellar nursery known as the OrionNebula . ...
... Credit Copyright: Roberto Colombari Federico Pelliccia Explanation: The dark Horsehead Nebula and the glowing OrionNebula are contrasting cosmic vistas. ...
... The gorgeous skyscape spans nearly two degrees or about 45 light-years at the OrionNebula 's estimated distance of 1,500 light-years. January . ...
... Astronomy Picture of the Day . OrionNebula in Oxygen, Hydrogen, and Sulfur . << Yesterday . 13.07.2004 . Tomorrow >> . ... The OrionNebula , also known as M42, is shown above through ultraviolet and blue filters augmented with three exact colors ...
... Astronomy Picture of the Day . M42: Wisps of the OrionNebula . << Yesterday . 18.09.2005 . Tomorrow >> . ... In addition to housing a bright open cluster of stars known as the Trapezium , the OrionNebula contains many stellar nurseries ...