Tuesday, November 25, 2014

APOD 2.3

What do you know about the constellation Orion? Yes, you're right it does have three bright stars that make up the belt, but what else? The Flame Nebula is right below the Alnitak star. To the right of the stars there is the Horsehead Nebula. On the right corner there is the Orion Nebula, which consist of gasses with energetic caldron. Last but not least, at the top of the picture there exist multiple blue stars called the Running Man. Now that you know the few phenomenas that make up the Orion constellation think about how many light years they all are. All of the phenomenas named above are about 75 light years away. Amazing!

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