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The Center of the Orion Nebula (Messier 42 , Orion Nebula) — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

Nebulae

The Center of the Orion Nebula

November 20, 1995 · ESA/Hubble · Messier 42 , Orion Nebula · Orion

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This spectacular colour panorama of the centre the Orion nebula is one of the largest pictures ever assembled from individual images taken with the Hubble Space Telescope. The picture, seamlessly composited from a mosaic of 15 separate fields, covers an area of sky about five percent the area covered by the full Moon.