Astrophotographer Reinhold Wittich took this tremendous photo from his backyard observatory in Germany.
The Orion Nebula, also known as M42, is located 1,500 light-years away and is about 40 light-years across.
The main nebula actually includes the M42 nebula shown here, and the nebula M43, which is not. It can be easily spotted with the unaided eye near the belt of the three stars in the constellation Orion.
The vivid colours in the star-forming region are caused by the emission of oxygen and hydrogen gas.
This nebula houses a bright cluster of stars called the Trapezium along with several stellar nurseries containing hot young stars, stellar jets and proplyds.
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