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The
Orion molecular cloud complex
is a large group of bright
nebulae
,
dark clouds
, and young stars located in the
constellation
of
Orion
. The cloud itself is between 1,500 and 1,600 light-years away and is hundreds of light-years across. Its brightest stars include the
supergiants
Rigel
(bottom right) and
Betelgeuse
(top left), as well as
Orion's Belt
, the
asterism
of three stars near the center in the image.
Photograph:
Rogelio Bernal Andreo
, edited by
Benison P. Baby
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