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| Orion and its Nebula |
There are few constellations which match the stardom of Orion. Especially for the Northerners, it is a constellation which is visible on almost daily basis. Below its belt, along the 'Sword of Orion', there is another famous celestial object, Orion Nebula. It is sort of a stellar nursery, where the new stars are taking birth. The Orion Nebula is a fabulous place to study stellar birth. For two reasons:
- It is near by- 1500 ly only
- It has ample diversity- It has a great mixture of low and high-mass stars.
Other than this, it contains a vast quantity of gas and dust forming something called Molecular Cloud. These clouds contain the raw material for new stars. What's happening in Orion must have happened in Solar System or in Milky Way Galaxy as a whole during the early days of Solar Birth.
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