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Running Man and Orion Nebulae

Here's a crop of the M42 region showing the Running Man Nebula north of the Great Orion Nebula. The Running Man is a reflection nebula (notice the blue gas cloud similar to the Pleiades's Merope Nebula) with a dark dust cloud that sort of looks like a man running.

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Uploaded on February 15, 2009
Taken on February 15, 2009