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 ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the northern hemisphere).

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The Orion Nebula is located just 1,500 light-years away, making it the closest large star-forming region to Earth. Easily visible to the naked eye, with a magnitude of 4. The Orion Nebula (M42) is ...

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 ...

Just 1,500 light-years away, the Orion Nebula is visible to ... and an associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at ... An international team led by astronomers at Leiden ...

Hubble reveals stunning image of the Orion Nebula Protostars HOPS 150 and HOPS 153 reshape their surroundings Jets from HOPS 153 influence star formation in the nebula ...

You’ll find several bright planets, stars and obvious constellations in the February evening sky. The most obvious ...

The nebulosity of hydrogen gas is revealed with the use of a “Hydrogen-Alpha” filter in an astro image of the Cygnus ...