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The Sword of Orion
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This image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Orion nebula, our closest massive star-making factory, 1,450 light-years from Earth. The nebula is close enough to appear to the naked eye as a fuzzy star in the sword of the constellation.
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Credit lineThe Sword of Orion. NASA/JPL, 2006-08-15. Public domain. ID: PIA08653.
