Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  31 Ori  ·  34 del Ori  ·  41 the01 Ori  ·  42 c Ori  ·  43 the02 Ori  ·  44 iot Ori  ·  45 Ori  ·  46 eps Ori  ·  48 sig Ori  ·  50 zet Ori  ·  Alnilam  ·  Alnitak  ·  B33  ·  De Mairan's nebula  ·  Flame Nebula  ·  Great Orion Nebula  ·  Hatysa  ·  Horsehead nebula  ·  IC 420  ·  IC 423  ·  IC 426  ·  IC 431  ·  IC 432  ·  IC 434  ·  IC 435  ·  Lower Sword  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  Mairan's Nebula  ·  Mintaka  ·  And 34 more.
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The Great Nebulas of the Orion cloud, URSAMO
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The Great Nebulas of the Orion cloud

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The Great Nebulas of the Orion cloud

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All stars are not created equal, nor are their creators. By far the best-known stellar nursery, the Orion Nebula, has spawned thousands of young stars, large and small. It glows so brightly the naked eye can see it, even though it is 1,350 light-years away. On a clear, dark, moonless night the cloud of gas and dust that makes up the Nebula looks like a fuzzy star south of the highly visible three-star belt of Orion, a constellation prominent tonight in all populated regions of the world.

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