Showing posts with label The Sword. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Sword. Show all posts

Monday, October 17, 2011

NASA Spitzer Image: Stars Adorn Orion's Sword

This image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows what lies near the sword of the constellation Orion, an active stellar nursery containing thousands of young stars and developing protostars. 

Many will turn out like our sun. Some are even more massive. 

These massive stars light up the Orion nebula, which is seen here as the bright region near the center of the image.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

The Sword and The Rose

Deep space highly commended: The Sword and The Rose (Orion?s Sword and M42) by Marcus Davies. 10 January 2010. Lying just south of the three stars that form Orion's belt, Orion's sword contains the Great Orion Nebula. This hotbed of star formation lies about 1350 light years away, making it the brightest and closest star forming region to Earth

The Sword and The Rose (Orion's Sword and M42) by Marcus Davies. 10 January 2010. Lying just south of the three stars that form Orion's belt, Orion's sword contains the Great Orion Nebula. This hotbed of star formation lies about 1350 light years away, making it the brightest and closest star forming region to Earth