A galaxy far, far away..
Not quite.. The Orion Nebula is about 1500 light-years away from us (a mere 8.8 trillion miles), which makes it relatively close on an astronomical scale, allowing us to study in detail its structure. The Milky Way galaxy is about 100,000 light-years across, and so not only is Orion in our galaxy, it is in our section of the galaxy.[Source]
This is an actual image. Not a painting. In one of the most detailed astronomical images ever produced, NASA/ESA's Hubble Space Telescope captured an unprecedented look at the Orion Nebula. ... This extensive study took 105 Hubble orbits to complete. All imaging instruments aboard the telescope were used simultaneously to study Orion. The Advanced Camera mosaic covers approximately the apparent angular size of the full moon. [Source]
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