Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  41 Ori A)  ·  41 Ori C  ·  41 Ori D  ·  42 Ori)  ·  43 Ori)  ·  44 Ori)  ·  49 Ori)  ·  Great Orion Nebula  ·  IC 420  ·  IC 430  ·  Lower Sword  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  Mairan's Nebula  ·  NGC 1973  ·  NGC 1975  ·  NGC 1976  ·  NGC 1977  ·  NGC 1980  ·  NGC 1981  ·  NGC 1982  ·  Orion Nebula  ·  The star 45 Ori  ·  The star Hatysa (ι Ori  ·  The star Mizan Batil I (c Ori  ·  The star Mizan Batil II (θ2 Ori  ·  The star Mizan Batil III (d Ori  ·  The star Trapezium (θ1 Ori A  ·  The star θ1 Ori C  ·  The star θ1 Ori D  ·  And 2 more.
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"From dust you are made, and to dust you shall return"

We are made of star dust, and there's a lot of it out there! The Great Orion nebula and the Running Man are beautiful emission objects often featured together, but they are surrounded by a great deal of "space dirt" that preferentially reflects reddish-brown light. I loved this wide field shot showing both the glowing gas of new star birth and the faint rusty brown dust from past stars who have spent themselves entirely.

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