Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  HD290812  ·  NGC 2024
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Flaming nebula NGC 2024 close to Alnitak in Orions belt, Jan Zettergren
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Flaming nebula NGC 2024 close to Alnitak in Orions belt

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Flaming nebula NGC 2024 close to Alnitak in Orions belt, Jan Zettergren
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Flaming nebula NGC 2024 close to Alnitak in Orions belt

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The light from Alnitak takes about 1250 years to reach the Earth. That time in the year 700 here in Sweden hunters, farmers and vikings made rock carvings in many places around Sweden

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Flaming nebula NGC 2024 close to Alnitak in Orions belt, Jan Zettergren

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