Close up: The Orion Nebula (M42)—Visible Spectrum | Subaru Telescope FriendsofNASA.org: The Orion Nebula (M42), located in the winter constellation Orion, is known as a star-forming region located relatively close to Earth, approximately 1,500 light-years away. Its large apparent size makes it easy to find with the naked eye, and a large number of stars can be seen through a telescope. At the center of the red nebula seen in high-mass star-forming regions is the Trapezium, a cluster of newly for

240 reactions · 3 comments | Dale Seepersad (@theuniverse.png) used his Celestron Origin to capture the Orion Nebula (M42), then pinpointed its location in the Orion constellation. Finally, we see how it all comes together in the Origin app’s planetarium view.  It’s a perfect demonstration of how technology helps us explore what’s hidden in plain sight! #OrionNebula #M42 #CelestronOrigin #Astrophotography #DeepSkyWonders #LookUp #Celestron | Celestron | Facebook

ORIONS OTHER NEBULA, MESSIER 42 By Phil Plait The Great Nebula of Orion, M42, is a classic star-forming gas cloud, visible to the naked eye as the middle star in Orion’s “dagger.” And while M42 gets all the press, right next to it is a smaller but no less dramatic nebula, M43. Stars are forming there, too, and when you mix young, massive, hot stars and dense clouds of gas and dust, what you get is beauty. Voilà! Holy wow! That picture was taken by Yuri Beletsky and Igor Chilingarian. . They used

46K views · 1K reactions | Explore the Orion Nebula in a way you've never seen before! | National Geographic TV | Facebook