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DescriptionA Stellar Nursery.jpg	English: Illuminated by the light of nearby stars, the nebula M-78 exhibits a ghostly appearance in this 10-minute exposure taken with a 6" refractor at the Siding Spring Observatory in Australia. Located in the constellation of Orion - some1,600 light years from Earth -- this reflection nebula is known to contain more than 40 very young stars still in the process of formation.
Date	13 December 2013, 02:13:59
Source	http://www.nasa.gov/watchtheskies/stellar_nursery.html#.Uqo0kiWg5w0
Author	NASA/MSFC/MEO/Bill Cooke

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