The Great Nebula in Orion [
http://www.seds.org…], an immense, nearby starbirth region [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…], is probably the most famous of all astronomical nebulas [
http://www.seds.org…]. Here, glowing gas [
http://fusedweb.ppp…] surrounds hot young stars at the edge of an immense [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] interstellar molecular cloud [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] only 1500 light-years [
http://chandra.harv…] away. In the above deep image [
http://christensena…], faint wisps and sheets of dust [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] and gas are particularly evident. The Great Nebula in Orion [
http://www.seds.org…] can be found with the unaided eye just below and to the left of the easily identifiable [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] belt of three stars in the popular constellation [
http://www.astro.wi…] Orion [
http://www.astronom…]. In addition to housing a bright open cluster [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] of stars known as the Trapezium [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…], the Orion Nebula [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…http://antwrp.gsfc.…Nebula ] contains many stellar nurseries [
http://archive.ncsa…]. These nurseries contain hydrogen [
http://periodic.lan…] gas, hot young stars, proplyds [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…], and stellar jets [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] spewing material at high speeds. Also known as M42 [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…], the Orion Nebula [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] spans about 40 light years [
http://starchild.gs…] and is located in the same spiral arm [
http://www.anzwers.…] of our Galaxy [
http://adc.gsfc.nas…] as the Sun [
http://www.nineplan…].
Explanation
The Great Nebula in Orion [
http://www.seds.org…], an immense, nearby starbirth region [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…], is probably the most famous of all astronomical nebulas [
http://www.seds.org…]. Here, glowing gas [
http://fusedweb.ppp…] surrounds hot young stars at the edge of an immense [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] interstellar molecular cloud [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] only 1500 light-years [
http://chandra.harv…] away. In the above deep image [
http://christensena…], faint wisps and sheets of dust [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] and gas are particularly evident. The Great Nebula in Orion [
http://www.seds.org…] can be found with the unaided eye just below and to the left of the easily identifiable [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] belt of three stars in the popular constellation [
http://www.astro.wi…] Orion [
http://www.astronom…]. In addition to housing a bright open cluster [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] of stars known as the Trapezium [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…], the Orion Nebula [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…http://antwrp.gsfc.…Nebula ] contains many stellar nurseries [
http://archive.ncsa…]. These nurseries contain hydrogen [
http://periodic.lan…] gas, hot young stars, proplyds [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…], and stellar jets [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] spewing material at high speeds. Also known as M42 [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…], the Orion Nebula [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] spans about 40 light years [
http://starchild.gs…] and is located in the same spiral arm [
http://www.anzwers.…] of our Galaxy [
http://adc.gsfc.nas…] as the Sun [
http://www.nineplan…].
Explanation
