This deep view of the Orion Constellation glows in reddish hues thanks to a filtered view of hydrogen alpha emission, a type ...

In this week's Astronomy magazine podcast, we'll help you observe the 9–12 Geminorum Cluster, the Orion Nebula (M42), and the Flame Nebula (NGC 2024) in your January night sky.

The constellation of Orion is named after a great hunter, but if we wanted to be scientifically accurate, it should be named after a nursery instead. Advertisement. Advertisement.

The Orion Nebula—also known as M42—is a stellar nursery, home to newborn stars. It’s the closest such region to us in space and maybe, just maybe, where our own star, the Sun, formed about 4 ...

Orion Nebula M42 in the constellation Orion. Horsehead Nebula IC 443 in the constellation Orion. IC443 is a large Hydrogen emission cloud in Orion, close to the bright triple star Alnitak, ...

More (M42 and M43) typically associated with Orion, this reflection nebula is part of the same great molecular cloud complex, and is lined with dust and brilliant blue stars.

Orion Nebula M42 in the constellation Orion. Horsehead Nebula IC 443 in the constellation Orion. IC443 is a large Hydrogen emission cloud in Orion, close to the bright triple star Alnitak, ...

In a backyard telescope, beautiful swathes of stellar clouds, such as the Great Nebula in Orion (M42, visible in the south in mid-March evenings just below the famous three “belt stars” of ...