Orion Size:63" x 42" (160 cm x 107 cm) This view looks toward the

This view looks toward the unilluminated side of the rings from about 5 degrees above the ringplane

The galactic panorama unveils a tapestry of the drama of stellar birth and death

hot young stars

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This broad panorama of the Carina Nebula

Orion Size:63" x 42" (160 cm x 107 cm) This view looks toward theThis 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. To the north of the Orion nebula is a dark filamentary cloud of cold dust and gas,