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The Great Orion Nebula (M42), 1,500 light years distant, embraces the complex region of combined emission and reflection nebulae consisting of NGC 1973, 1975, and 1977 - the Ghost Nebula- with its mysterious 'spirit-like' figure floating through the interstellar clouds (also known as the 'running man').
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nice pic.
Posted by: Pisces | November 01, 2009 at 08:28 AM
Sorry, but this haunting picture, snapped by the Hubble telescope, shows a cloud illuminated by light from the bright star Merope. Located in the Pleiades star cluster, the cloud is called IC 349 or Barnard's Merope Nebula.
Please see it in:
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2000/36
Posted by: ieoateacher | November 03, 2009 at 03:06 AM