images

Orion nebula

by

ESO/Novapix

Reference

a-neb19-76002

Date

2006-05-13

At a distance of 1500 light years, the Orion nebula is the nearest star-forming region to the Sun. Photo obtained with WFI at the ESO/MPG 2.2m telescope on the night of Dec.10-11, 2001.