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  • Astronomy Picture of the Day - The Great Turkey Nebula

    11/26/2020 6:03:48 AM PST · by MtnClimber · 22 replies
    APOD.NASA.gov ^ | 26 Nov, 2020 | Imagination Credit & Copyright: Eric Coles
    Explanation: Surprisingly reminiscent of The Great Nebula in Orion, The Great Turkey Nebula spans this creative field of view. Of course if it were the Orion Nebula it would be our closest large stellar nursery, found at the edge of a large molecular cloud a mere 1,500 light-years away. Also known as M42, the Orion Nebula is visible to the eye as the middle "star" in the sword of Orion the Hunter, a constellation now rising in planet Earth's evening skies. Stellar winds from clusters of newborn stars scattered throughout the Orion Nebula sculpt its ridges and cavities seen in...