Sabtu, 01 Januari 2011

NASA releases beautiful new image of Nebulae

This mosaic image taken by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, features three nebulae that are part of the giant Orion Molecular Cloud--the Flame nebula, the Horsehead nebula and NGC 2023.





To learn more about the Orion Nuclear Cloud (which is also referred to as the "Orion Complex" please visit these websites):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_Molecular_Cloud_Complex

http://seds.org/messier/more/oricloud.html

http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/Orioncloudtext.html

http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/O/Orion_Complex.html

http://www.outerspaceuniverse.org/the-orion-molecular-cloud-complex.html
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