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The Casper the Friendly Ghost Nebula, M78 // Saqib Zulfiqar & Spacetime Pictures
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The Casper the Friendly Ghost Nebula, M78 // Saqib Zulfiqar & Spacetime Pictures
Beatrice Heinze, NGC 2068
Stars & gas clouds in M78 by Steven Mohr
From Astronomy Picture of the Day; January 24, 2017:
M78 and Orion Dust Reflections Marco Burali, Tiziano Capecchi, Marco Mancini (MTM observatory, Italy)
In the vast Orion Molecular Cloud complex, several bright blue nebulas are particularly apparent. Pictured here are two of the most prominent reflection nebulas - dust clouds lit by the reflecting light of bright embedded stars. The more famous nebula is M78, in the image center, cataloged over 200 years ago. To its left is the lesser known NGC 2071. Astronomers continue to study these reflection nebulas to better understand how interior stars form. The Orion complex lies about 1500 light-years distant, contains the Orion and Horsehead nebulas, and covers much of the constellation of Orion.
Casper the Friendly Ghost Nebula, M78 // Gary
The Casper the Friendly Ghost Nebula, M78 // CVZ_Astro
M78 // Dan Pritzl