NASA highlighted a photo of the constellation Orion with its main attractions, including Betelgeuse, Rigel, the “Three Marys” and, of course, the Orion Nebula
The constellation Orion is highlighted in the photo selected for NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD). The image captures all the richness of colors and clouds of one of the best-known regions of the night sky.
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To record the image below, astrophotographer Michele Guzzini used a long exposure camera, resulting in a multitude of stars in the background. The red giant Betelgeuse is the brightest at the top, while the blue supergiant Rigel balances out, both in terms of composition and colors, the image in the lower right corner.
The three stars of the aforementioned Orion belt pass through the central nebula, which is the Orion Nebula itself. Finally, the Barnard Loop, the extended “C” shaped nebula surrounds the central objects.
Information on the constellation of Orion
Orion is a celestial region with many objects that attract the attention of most people who look up at night. It is probably one of the first constellations that children learn to identify: the stars that form the famous “Three Marys” are none other than the belt of Orion, the Hunter.
Furthermore, the Orion Nebula is easily found with the naked eye, at least in regions free of light pollution, or with simple binoculars. Therefore, this is one of the first goals of most astronomy beginners AND amateur astrophotography (after the Moon, obviously).
Located 1,500 light-years away, this nebula is one of the closest star-forming regions to us, but in this same region are also the Horsehead Nebula and the Flame Nebula, as well as many other clouds of gas and dust. .
Source: APOD
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