Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  M 78  ·  NGC 2064  ·  NGC 2067  ·  NGC 2068  ·  VdB59
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M 78, Robert Gillette
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M 78

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M 78

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Endlessly fascinating M78, the largest reflection nebula in the Orion complex, 1,350 light-years distant, 10 light-years across. Populated with some 17 Herbig-Haro objects, indicators of newly forming stars, and about 45 T-Tauri variable stars.

Reworked from 2009 and 2011 data, with help from Topaz Denoise.

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