Many know the Great Orion Nebula (M42) in Orion’s Sword as a bright diffuse nebula — a glowing cloud of cosmic gas illuminated by the Trapezium star cluster. But the Orion Nebula also has a ...

Easily visible to the naked eye, with a magnitude of 4. , where new stars are being born from the gas and dust. The intense ...

With February’s winter nights regularly dropping below freezing, it’s tempting to take the easy way out and just stay inside.

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the northern hemisphere).

Read: The best lenses for astrophotography. Orion dominates the February night ... Grab some images of it — and the dazzling Orionlas Nebula (M42) below the belt — before the night sky becomes ...

Gaze deeper into the night sky with the best deep space telescopes, perfect for stunning views of the Beehive Cluster, the Orion Nebula and other cosmic wonders. Are you looking for a telescope to ...

Just 1,500 light-years away, the Orion Nebula is visible to ... and an associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at ... An international team led by astronomers at Leiden ...

The nebulosity of hydrogen gas is revealed with the use of a “Hydrogen-Alpha” filter in an astro image of the Cygnus ...