That fuzzy splotch, visible to the naked eye when it is really dark (and easily seen through binoculars) is the Orion Nebula. Throughout the nebula (which is about 30 light years wide), we see a ...

But the Orion Nebula also has a dark side ... the eastern side of the Huygens region (the Fish's Head), where the 4th-magnitude Trapezium star cluster represents one of the Fish's eyes.

Spend three minutes getting lost in space. A video released by NASA this week shows the well-known Orion Nebula in a new way. The 3D visualization of the nebula allows the viewer to get a bird's ...

Orion Nebula: It is a cloud of dust and gas located in the constellation Orion. Thousands of stars are being born there. NGC 281: Dark, dense clumps of gas and dust known as 'Bok globules' can be ...

This week’s small telescope target is the sky’s brightest reflection nebula: M78 in Orion. Through a small telescope at about 120x, you’ll spot an 11th-magnitude star. On either side of this ...

They range in magnitude from 8.8 to 10.1. Step up and ... This week’s large-telescope target is the famous Horsehead Nebula in Orion the Hunter. Because it occupies the 33rd slot on American ...