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Only 0.1° north-northeast of the Orion Nebula’s center lies M43 (NGC 1982 ... when you see it as part of any astronomical image. Astronomy magazine Contributing Editor Stephen James O ...

Many know the Great Orion Nebula (M42) in Orion’s Sword as a bright diffuse nebula — a glowing cloud of cosmic gas illuminated by the Trapezium star cluster. But the Orion Nebula also has a ...

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Just 1,500 light-years away, the Orion Nebula is visible to ... and an associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at ... Using the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory ...