... 2014 January 15 . Spitzer's Orion . Image Credit: NASA , JPL-Caltech , T. Megeath (Univ. Toledo, Ohio) . ... Explanation: Few cosmic vistas excite the imagination like the Orion Nebula , an immense stellar nursery some 1,500 light-years ...
... Explanation: The Orion Nebula is visible to the unaided eye as a fuzzy patch near the famous belt of three stars in the Orion . ... The above picture captures a part of the Orion Nebula that primarily reflects light from bright Orion stars . ...
... 2005 January 6 . UKIRT: Aloha Orion . Credit: Joint Astronomy Centre ; image processing by C. Davis, W. Varricatt . ... cloud , filaments of gas, cosmic dust, and a multitude of young stars beckon in this penetrating image of the Orion Nebula ...
... Explanation: The stars of Orion shine brightly in northern winter skies where the constellation harbors the closest large stellar nursery, the Great Nebula of Orion , a mere 1500 light-years away. ...
... 2011 September 17 . Spitzer's Orion . Credit: NASA , JPL-Caltech , T. Megeath (Univ. Toledo, Ohio) . ... Explanation: Few cosmic vistas excite the imagination like the Orion Nebula , an immense stellar nursery some 1,500 light-years ...
... 2006 December 8 . NGC 2174: Emission Nebula in Orion . Credit Copyright: Dan Kowall (Photonhunter.com) . ... Explanation: A lesser known sight in the nebula-rich constellation Orion, NGC 2174 can be found with binoculars near the head ...
... 2008 November 26 . The Horsehead Nebula in Orion . Credit Copyright : Adam Block , Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter , U. Arizona . ... One of the most identifiable nebulae in the sky, the Horsehead Nebula in Orion , is part of a large, dark, molecular cloud ...
... 2012 February 6 . Dust of the Orion Nebula . Image Credit Copyright: NicolАs Villegas . ... Explanation: What surrounds a hotbed of star formation? In the case of the Orion Nebula -- dust. ...
... 2013 January 10 . The Orion Bullets . Image Credit: GeMS/GSAOI Team, Gemini Observatory, AURA . ... Explanation: Cosmic bullets pierce the outskirts of the Orion Nebula some 1500 light-years distant in this sharp infrared close ...