File:Messier 42 (51837568629).jpg

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Description The Orion Nebula is a diffuse nebula situated in the Milky Way, being south of Orion's Belt in the constellation of Orion, and is known as the middle "star" in the "sword" of Orion. It is one of the brightest nebulae and is visible to the naked eye in the night sky with apparent magnitude 4.0.
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Author Stephen Rahn from Acworth, GA, USA

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by StephenGA at https://flickr.com/photos/97839409@N00/51837568629. It was reviewed on 14 April 2023 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-zero.

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