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More Images of Orion Nebula
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Orion Nebula Infrared
A color composite mosaic image of the central part of the Orion Nebula, based on 81 images obtained with the infrared multi-mode ISAAC instrument on the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the Paranal Observatory.
(Credit: European Southern Observatory)

Scale: Image is 7 arcmin on a side.

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Chandra X-ray Image with Scale Bar

Scale bar = 5 arcmin
(Credit: NASA/CfA/S.Murray et al.)


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