SGH-H Nebulae

Orion Nebula

The Great Nebula in the constellation Orion, the Hunter is probably the most famous of all astronomical nebulae. The middle "star" in the sword of Orion, the Orion Nebula is an immense region which contains many stellar nurseries where stars are born. These nurseries contain hydrogen gas and hot young stars. The Orion Nebula is about 1,500 light-years distant, located in the same spiral arm of the Milky Way (our galaxy) as the Sun.
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