Nebulae
Orion Nebula: Hubble Space Telescope View Vs. Ground-Based View
October 4, 1990 · NASA · Orion Nebula, M42, NGC 1976
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This composite image shows the location of a one light-year square region in the Orion Nebula, which was imaged by WFPC. The area is near the edge of a cavity of ionized hydrogen, which is heated by ultraviolet radiation from a star cluster at the center of the nebula. (Ground-based Orion Nebula photo copyright David Malin/Anglo-Australian Southern Observatory)
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