Credit & Copyright: Mohammad Nouroozi
Explanation:
Alnitak,
Alnilam,
and
Mintaka,
are the bright bluish stars
from east to west (lower right to upper left) along the diagonal in this
cosmic vista.
Otherwise known as the
Belt of Orion,
these three blue supergiant stars are hotter and much more
massive than the Sun.
They lie from
800 to 1,500
light-years away, born of Orion's well-studied interstellar clouds.
In fact, clouds of gas and dust adrift in this region have
some surprisingly familiar shapes, including the dark
Horsehead Nebula
and Flame Nebula near
Alnitak at the lower right.
The famous Orion Nebula
itself is off the right edge of this colorful starfield.
This well-framed, 2-panel telescopic mosaic
spans about 4 degrees on the sky.
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