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   What is Orion Nebula?

   • Orion Nebula, (catalog numbers NGC 1976 and M 42), bright diffuse nebula, faintly visible to the unaided eye in the sword of the hunter’s figure in the constellation Orion. The nebula lies about 1,350 light-years from Earth and contains hundreds of very hot (O-type) young stars clustered about a nexus of four massive stars known as the Trapezium.

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   How many stars are in the Orion Nebula?

   • Orion Nebula (M42) Centre of the Orion Nebula (M42). Astronomers have identified some 700 young stars in this 2.5-light-year-wide area. They have also detected over 150 protoplanetary disks, or proplyds, which are believed to be embryonic solar systems that will eventually form planets. These stars and proplyds generate most of the nebula's light.

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   How are stars sculpted in the Orion Nebula?

   • The entire scene is sculpted by stellar winds ejected by young stars that also emit powerful ultraviolet light. In the central region of the Orion Nebula are four bright stars in an open star cluster known as the Trapezium due to their trapezoidal arrangement, according to NASA.

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   What is the sharpest view of the Orion Nebula?

   • The image, taken by the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) aboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, represents the sharpest view ever taken of this region, called the Orion Nebula. More than 3,000 stars of various sizes appear in this image. Some of them have never been seen in visible light.

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   Are there brown dwarfs in the Orion Nebula?

   • Some of them have never been spied in visible light. Some are merely 1/100 the brightness of stars seen previously in the nebula. Among the stars Hubble spotted are possible young brown dwarfs, the first time these objects have been seen in the Orion Nebula in visible light.

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   Is the Orion Nebula a Cosmic Fire of creation?

   • The Mayan culture’s likening of the Orion Nebula to a cosmic fire of creation is very apt. The nebula is an enormous cloud of dust and gas where vast numbers of new stars are being forged. Its bright, central region is the home of four massive, young stars that shape the nebula.

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2. www.space.com › orion-nebulaOrion Nebula: Facts about Earth’s nearest stellar nursery | Space

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   Nov 25, 2021 · In the central region of the Orion Nebula are four bright stars in an open star cluster known as the Trapezium due to their trapezoidal arrangement, according to NASA. These hot young stars...

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   The Orion Nebula is visible with the naked eye even from areas affected by light pollution. It is seen as the middle "star" in the "sword" of Orion, which are the three stars located south of Orion's Belt.

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   The nebula is an enormous cloud of dust and gas where vast numbers of new stars are being forged. Its bright, central region is the home of four massive, young stars that shape the nebula. The four hefty stars are called the Trapezium because they are arranged in a trapezoidal pattern.

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   Oct 3, 2024 · The nebula lies about 1,350 light-years from Earth and contains hundreds of very hot (O-type) young stars clustered about a nexus of four massive stars known as the Trapezium. Radiation from these stars excites the nebula to glow.

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   Jan 11, 2006 · The Orion Nebula is 1,500 light-years away, the nearest star-forming region to Earth. Astronomers used 520 Hubble images, taken in five colors, to make this picture. They also added ground-based photos to fill out the nebula.

   • Dec. Position: 5° 23' 27.99"
   • Object Name: Orion Nebula , M42, NGC 1976

   • Object Description: Emission Nebula
   • R.A. Position: 05h 35m 17.0s

8. www.skyatnightmagazine.com › the-orion-nebula-m42Orion Nebula M42 complete guide - BBC Sky at Night Magazine

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   The sharpest view ever taken of the Orion Nebula, 1,500 lightyears away, reveals over 3,000 stars of differing sizes nestling within the vast cavern of rolling dust and gas. Credit: NASA, ESA, M. Robberto ( Space Telescope Science Institute/ESA) and the Hubble Space Telescope Orion Treasury Project Team.

9. esahubble.org › news › heic0601Hubble panoramic view of Orion Nebula reveals thousands of stars

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   Jan 11, 2006 · In a mosaic containing a billion pixels, Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) uncovered 3,000 stars of various sizes. Some of them have never been spied in visible light. Some are merely 1/100 the brightness of stars seen previously in the nebula.