The Orion molecular cloud complex (or, simply, the Orion complex) is a star-forming region with stellar ages ranging up to 12 Myr. Two giant molecular clouds...
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clouds between the Orion Nebula and Sh 2-279. The filament is part of the molecular cloud Orion A, which is part of the Orion molecular cloud complex...
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larger Orion molecular cloud complex, which is hundreds of light years across, spanning the whole Orion Constellation. Two million years ago the Orion Nebula...
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Horsehead Nebula (category Orion molecular cloud complex)
Orion. The nebula is located just to the south of Alnitak, the easternmost star of Orion's Belt, and is part of the much larger Orion molecular cloud...
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LDN 1641 (category Orion molecular cloud complex)
is a dark cloud in the constellation Orion. It encompasses a large part of the Orion A molecular cloud in the Orion molecular cloud complex, which is...
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resolved disk and a planet candidate Orion molecular cloud complex Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex Perseus molecular cloud Cygnus X List of nearby stellar associations...
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groups Orion molecular cloud complex Perseus molecular cloud Taurus molecular cloud K. Pontoppidan; A. Pagan (July 12, 2023). "Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex"....
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Ophiuchi cloud complex Corona Australis molecular cloud Musca–Chamaeleonis molecular cloud Vela Molecular Ridge Radcliff wave Orion molecular cloud complex Taurus...
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IC 434 (category Orion molecular cloud complex)
of IC 434. It is protruding from the Orion B molecular cloud, which is part of the Orion molecular cloud complex. Kier, Ruben (2009). The 100 Best Targets...
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Sh 2-264 (category Orion molecular cloud complex)
molecular cloud and H II region, which can be seen in the northern region of the Orion molecular cloud complex (OMCC), in the constellation of Orion....
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NGC 2023 (category Orion molecular cloud complex)
star-forming nebula forms part of the Orion B molecular cloud, or Lynds 1630, and is located in the northern section of this complex. In terms of stellar density...
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of the five Gould Belt clouds: Orion molecular cloud complex Perseus molecular cloud Taurus molecular cloud Cepheus OB2 The cloud not within its scope is...
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front. Orion molecular cloud complex Taurus Molecular Cloud Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex Perseus molecular cloud Cygnus Molecular Nebula Complex Rygl, K...
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HH 24-26 (category Orion molecular cloud complex)
the sky. The molecular cloud is located about 1400 light-years away in the L1630 dark cloud, which is part of the Orion B molecular cloud in the constellation...
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Barnard's Loop (category Orion molecular cloud complex)
the constellation of Orion. It is part of the Orion molecular cloud complex which also contains the dark Horsehead and bright Orion nebulae. The loop takes...
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stars in front of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex. The Orion blue stream begins at around 150 parsec and extends towards Orion OB1 at around 300 parsec...
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HH 111 (category Orion molecular cloud complex)
is a Herbig–Haro object in the L1617 dark cloud of the Orion B molecular cloud in the constellation of Orion. It is a prototype of a highly collimated...
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Barnard's Loop is an emission nebula that is part of the Orion molecular cloud complex in Orion, named after E. E. Barnard. Barnard's Merope Nebula (IC...
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Messier 78 (category Orion molecular cloud complex)
NGC 2064, NGC 2067 and NGC 2071. This group belongs to the Orion B molecular cloud complex and is about 1,350 light-years distant from Earth. M78 is easily...
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nebulae Lists of nebulae Molecular cloud Magellanic Clouds Messier object Nebular hypothesis Orion molecular cloud complex Timeline of knowledge about...
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larger Orion molecular cloud complex. Owing to its relative closeness and complexity it is the most closely studied OB association. The Orion OB1 consists...
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Messier 43 (category Orion molecular cloud complex)
known as the northeast dark lane. It is part of the much larger Orion molecular cloud complex. The main ionizing star in this nebula is HD 37061 (variable...
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Kleinmann–Low Nebula (redirect from Orion-KL nebula)
galaxy. It is a cluster of stars within a molecular cloud. The Kleinmann–Low Nebula is at the heart of the Orion Nebula, and is the most active star-forming...
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Orion's Belt asterism. Orion also hosts the radiant of the annual Orionids, the strongest meteor shower associated with Halley's Comet, and the Orion...
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Barnard 30 (category Orion molecular cloud complex)
cloud in the Lambda Orionis ring, north of Lambda Orionis, also called Meissa. The region is about 1300 light years from Earth. The Barnard 30 cloud is...
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Flame Nebula (category Orion molecular cloud complex)
constellation Orion. It is about 1350 light-years away. At that distance, the Flame Nebula lies within the Orion B cloud of the larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex...
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Trapezium Cluster (redirect from Orion Trapezium Cluster)
is a tight open cluster of stars in the heart of the Orion Nebula, in the constellation of Orion. It was discovered by Galileo Galilei. On 4 February...
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The Cygnus Molecular Nebular Complex (also known simply as the Swan Complex) is a giant molecular cloud located in the heart of the boreal Milky Way, in...
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Meissa (category Orion molecular cloud complex)
Orionis, abbreviated Lambda Ori, λ Ori) is a star in the constellation of Orion. It is a multiple star approximately 1,300 ly away with a combined apparent...
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light-years away, it is of the 9th magnitude. A portion of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex can be found in the far northeastern section of Eridanus. IC...
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