GREAT ORION NEBULA -- CONSTELLATION: ORION
Throughout the year there are many beautiful sights to be seen above our heads in the Northern Hemisphere, but the crisp dark nights are without doubt the best for hunting down celestial wonders. The skies of the cold months ahead are home to some stunning sights, many of which you won't even need a telescope to spot them.
The sight of the constellation Orion rising high in the eastern sky is a sure sign that winter is upon us. One of the more well-known deep-sky objects is found nestled in the boundaries of Orion, the Great Orion Nebula (or M42). It can be seen from a dark site with the naked eye as a fuzzy patch just below Orion’s famous three star belt, but binoculars or telescopes reveal beautifully delicate wispy filaments of nebulosity. This is one of the best examples of a star-forming region and some of its young hot stars can be seen buried in the nebula.
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