"The Orion Nebula, Messier 42 - my best photo of the nebula to date.   Some 1500 light years away from the earth, the Orion Nebula is a place where stars are formed. Sometimes (on a dark and clear night) you can just make it out as a ""grey smudge"" under the belt of Orion with the naked eye."
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