Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
      fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation
                    written by a professional astronomer.

                                2023 March 10
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                          Orion and the Running Man
                Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Abraham Jones

   Explanation: Few cosmic vistas excite the imagination like [5]The Great
   Nebula in Orion. Visible as a faint [6]celestial smudge to the
   naked-eye, the nearest large star-forming region sprawls across [7]this
   sharp telescopic image, recorded on a cold January night in dark skies
   from West Virginia, planet Earth. Also known as [8]M42, the Orion
   Nebula's glowing gas surrounds [9]hot, young stars. About 40
   light-years across, it lies at the edge of an immense interstellar
   [10]molecular cloud only 1,500 light-years away within the same spiral
   arm of our Milky Way galaxy as the Sun. Along with dusty bluish
   reflection nebula [11]NGC 1977 and friends near the top of the frame,
   the eye-catching nebulae represent only a small fraction of our
   [12]galactic neighborhood's wealth of star-forming material. Within the
   well-studied stellar nursery, astronomers have also identified what
   appear to be numerous [13]infant solar systems.

                        Tomorrow's picture: 3D Bennu
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   9. https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/2000/19/966-Image.html
  10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_molecular_cloud_complex
  11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230202.html
  12. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/beyond/overview/
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