The Sword of Orion
This image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Orion nebula, our closest massive star-making factory, 1,450 light-years from Earth. The nebula is close enough to appear to the naked eye as a fuzzy star in the sword of the constellation.
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NASA ID
PIA08653
Date Created
August 15, 2006
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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