Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  41 Ori A)  ·  41 Ori C  ·  41 Ori D  ·  41 the01 Ori  ·  42 Ori)  ·  42 c Ori  ·  43 Ori)  ·  44 Ori)  ·  44 iot Ori  ·  45 Ori  ·  48 Ori  ·  48 sig Ori  ·  50 Ori)  ·  50 zet Ori  ·  Alnitak  ·  B33  ·  Flame Nebula  ·  Great Orion Nebula  ·  HD294240  ·  HD294242  ·  HD294272  ·  HD36393  ·  HD36394  ·  HD36456  ·  HD36457  ·  HD36528  ·  HD36539  ·  HD36540  ·  HD36559  ·  HD36606  ·  And 150 more.
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M42 Orion Nebula and IC434 Horsehead Nebula Wide-field, Steven Joseph Hill

M42 Orion Nebula and IC434 Horsehead Nebula Wide-field

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M42 Orion Nebula and IC434 Horsehead Nebula Wide-field, Steven Joseph Hill

M42 Orion Nebula and IC434 Horsehead Nebula Wide-field

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This is a wide field image of nebulae found within the constellation of Orion (The Hunter). Situated lower left in the image (near to the bright star Alnitak, is IC434 (The Horsehead nebula) and NGC2034 (The Flame nebula). Top right in the image is NGC1977 (The Running man nebula) and M42 (The Orion nebula). M42 is the nearest star-forming region to Earth, located approximately 1,350 light-years away and is about 2 million years old according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

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M42 Orion Nebula and IC434 Horsehead Nebula Wide-field, Steven Joseph Hill