Showing posts with label flame. Show all posts
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Thursday, April 3, 2014

FLAME NEBULA


Flame Nebula and Alnitak by Palomar, Samuel Oschin Telescope  (source: link)
The Flame Nebula, designated as NGC 2024 and Sh2-277, is an emission nebula in the constellation Orion. It is about 900 to 1,500 light-years away.