M78 Nebula in Orion complex.

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M78 Nebula in Orion complex.

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Twenty seven exposures of eight minutes captured last week are now stacked to create this image of Messier-78, a bright reflection nebula in the Orion molecular cloud complex. M78 is 1600 light-years away with a radius of around five light-years.

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wow! awesome shots!
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Nice! Interesting interpretation.
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Thanks!
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