located in the constellation Orion's belt. "Looking at the universe in infrared light gives striking context for the more familiar visible-light views," visualization scientist Robert Hurt said in ...

Regas first defines what a constellation is and then offers a short description of how to identify Orion’s shape. Following ...

Three dimmer stars under Orion's belt represent his sword, and in the middle of these lies the Orion Nebula, an interstellar cloud. To the naked eye, it appears as a hazy dot, but to the James ...

McCaughrean, S. Pearson Also known as Messier 42, the Orion nebula is located just to the south of the Orion’s belt constellation and is one of the brightest nebulae in the sky, making it a key ...

It’s the middle “star” in Orion’s dagger (the three stars dangling below the constellation’s belt). Even when viewed using binoculars, the nebula appears to be fuzzy, but with a small ...

These images of the Orion Nebula are taken from a region of space made up of Orion’s sword, a series of stars that run perpendicular to Orion’s belt. NASA says that this region of space would ...

NASA, ESA, CSA/Mark McCaughrean & Sam Pearson The Orion Nebula is a region of star formation 1,350 light-years from Earth, located in the belt of the northern hemisphere constellation of Orion.

The Flame Nebula contains a cluster of young stars at its center that emit high-energy radiation, making the surrounding gases shine. The bright star Alnitak, located in the Belt of Orion ...

It’s loaded with many celestial jewels, such as the red super-giant star Betelgeuse, the bright belt stars, the colossal Orion Nebula – the birthplace of countless stars and planets – and so ...