Messier 42 (The Orion Nebula) - NASA Science

Messier 42 (The Orion Nebula)

An intense cloud of red, purple, brown and similar color gas that is the Orion Nebula that includes pockets of starbirth.

You can spot Messier 42, better known as the Orion Nebula, with the unaided eye from a dark sky site.

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