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The Orion You Can Almost See

Image Credit & Copyright: Michele Guzzini

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The constellation of Orion is shown, but the image is so deep that many nebula appear, making the belt stars and surrounding star almost recognizable. The rollover image labels the brightest stars.

APOD: 2024 January 16 – The Orion You Can Almost See

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Irfan
Irfan
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Since 2/3 stars in the night sky have their Arabic names, as do the stars in the constellation Orion.
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Triadne
Triadne
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wow! I was just looking at orion the other night and wondering what the more fuzzy bright spot was. So that is called hatysa? Nice!

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