... A Panorama of Oddities in Orion A . ... Credit: T. A. Rector , B. Wolpa, G. Jacoby, AURA , NOAO , NSF Explanation: New stars, fast jets, and shocked gas clouds all occupy Orion A, a giant molecular cloud just south of the Orion Nebula . The bright object visible below and slightly left of center of this recently released picture is the reflection nebula NGC 1999. ... The unusual and energetic oddities that occur and interact in star forming regions are often as complex as they are beautiful. ...