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barnard_loop

The lower part of the Orion constellation. The three girdle stars with Alnitak and in his neighbourhood the flame nebula and the horsehead nebula are easily visible. In the sword, M42 and the running man nebula are visible. Not easy to find find is M78 above left of Alnitak. The large red half circle in the image is Barnards loop.

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Uploaded on January 28, 2015
Taken on January 18, 2015