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Ground-based View of the Orion Nebula (Orion Nebula, M42, NGC 1976, Horsehead Nebula) — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

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Ground-based View of the Orion Nebula

January 11, 2006 · NASA · Orion Nebula, M42, NGC 1976, Horsehead Nebula

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The Orion Nebula region revealing the Trapezium cluster (bright blue stars near the center of the image), much detail in the bright glowing gas of the Orion Nebula, and surrounding dark dust lanes obscuring more distant emission.