Orion Nebula
A stellar nursery: a glowing cloud where new stars are being born.
Look below Orion's Belt at the "sword": the middle star is fuzzy. Binoculars show a glowing cloud; a small telescope shows four young stars at its heart, the Trapezium.
Facts
- Distance
- 1,300 light-years
- Width
- about 24 light-years
- How to see
- eyes from a dark site, binoculars anywhere