- NASA ID: PIA08653
- Spitzer Space Telescope
- Center: JPL
- Secondary Creator Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Toledo
- Date Created: 2006-08-15
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This image
from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Orion nebula, our closest massive
star-making factory, 1,450 light-years from Earth. The nebula is close enough
to appear to the naked eye as a fuzzy star in the sword of the constellation.
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