Tuesday, February 9, 2010

a giant stellar nursery

The Orion Nebula is a giant stellar nursery -- a cocoon of gas and dust that has given birth to thousands of stars. It is in the south on winter evenings. The nebula is a faint smudge of light just below the three bright stars that mark Orion’s Belt.

- Quads, hailing from Grand Marsh Observatory atop Elk Castle Hill