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    The Orion molecular cloud complex (or, simply, the Orion complex) is a star-forming region with stellar ages ranging up to 12 Myr. Two giant molecular clouds...
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    larger Orion molecular cloud complex which is hundreds of light years across, spanning the whole Orion Constellation. Two million years ago the Orion Nebula...
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    Ophiuchi cloud complex Corona Australis molecular cloud Musca–Chamaeleonis molecular cloud Vela Molecular Ridge Radcliff wave Orion molecular cloud complex Taurus...
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    Horsehead Nebula (category Orion molecular cloud complex)
    Orion. The nebula is located just to the south of Alnitak, the easternmost star of Orion's Belt, and is part of the much larger Orion molecular cloud...
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    groups Orion molecular cloud complex Perseus molecular cloud Taurus molecular cloud K. Pontoppidan; A. Pagan (July 12, 2023). "Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex"....
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    Barnard's Loop (category Orion molecular cloud complex)
    the constellation of Orion. It is part of the Orion molecular cloud complex which also contains the dark Horsehead and bright Orion nebulae. The loop takes...
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    Orion's Belt asterism. Orion also hosts the radiant of the annual Orionids, the strongest meteor shower associated with Halley's Comet, and the Orion...
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    of the five Gould Belt clouds: Orion molecular cloud complex Perseus molecular cloud Taurus molecular cloud Cepheus OB2 The cloud not within its scope is...
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    larger Orion molecular cloud complex. Owing to its relative closeness and complexity it is the most closely studied OB association. The Orion OB1 consists...
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    IC 434 (category Orion molecular cloud complex)
    of IC 434. It is protruding from the Orion B molecular cloud, which is part of the Orion molecular cloud complex. Kier, Ruben (2009). The 100 Best Targets...
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    Messier 78 (category Orion molecular cloud complex)
    NGC 2064, NGC 2067 and NGC 2071. This group belongs to the Orion B molecular cloud complex and is about 1,350 light-years distant from Earth. M78 is easily...
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    NGC 2023 (category Orion molecular cloud complex)
    star-forming nebula forms part of the Orion B molecular cloud, or Lynds 1630, and is located in the northern section of this complex. In terms of stellar density...
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    Meissa (category Orion molecular cloud complex)
    Orionis, abbreviated Lambda Ori, λ Ori) is a star in the constellation of Orion. It is a multiple star approximately 1,300 ly away with a combined apparent...
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    four confirmed transiting exoplanets Orion molecular cloud complex Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex Perseus molecular cloud Cygnus X List of nearby stellar associations...
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    Flame Nebula (category Orion molecular cloud complex)
    constellation Orion. It is about 1350 light-years away. At that distance, the Flame Nebula lies within the Orion B cloud of the larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex...
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    is a tight open cluster of stars in the heart of the Orion Nebula, in the constellation of Orion. It was discovered by Galileo Galilei. On 4 February...
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    Messier 43 (category Orion molecular cloud complex)
    known as the northeast dark lane. It is part of the much larger Orion molecular cloud complex. The main ionizing star in this nebula is HD 37061 (variable...
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  • Barnard's Loop is an emission nebula that is part of the Orion molecular cloud complex in Orion, named after E. E. Barnard. Barnard's Merope Nebula (IC...
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    NGC 1999 (category Orion molecular cloud complex)
    of penetrating such dense cloud material, resulted in continued black space. This led to the belief that either the cloud material was immensely dense...
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    Sigma Orionis (category Orion molecular cloud complex)
    Sigma Ori (σ Orionis, σ Ori) is a multiple star system in the constellation Orion, consisting of the brightest members of a young open cluster. It is found...
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    Sh 2-264 (category Orion molecular cloud complex)
    molecular cloud and H II region, which can be seen in the northern region of the Orion molecular cloud complex (OMCC), in the constellation of Orion....
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    LDN 1641 (category Orion molecular cloud complex)
    is a dark cloud in the constellation Orion. It encompasses a large part of the Orion A molecular cloud in the Orion molecular cloud complex, which is...
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    2MASS J05352184−0546085 (category Orion molecular cloud complex)
    designation V2384 Orionis, is a young eclipsing binary brown dwarf system in the Orion Nebula, about 1,200 light-years (370 parsecs) away. It was discovered in...
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    HH 24-26 (category Orion molecular cloud complex)
    the sky. The molecular cloud is located about 1400 light-years away in the L1630 dark cloud, which is part of the Orion B molecular cloud in the constellation...
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    light-years away, it is of the 9th magnitude. A portion of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex can be found in the far northeastern section of Eridanus. IC...
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    estimated to range from 10−7 in small dark clouds up to 10−5 in the dense core of the Orion molecular cloud complex. Although a total of 18 total production...
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    OB7 lies in its front. Orion molecular cloud complex Taurus Molecular Cloud Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex Perseus molecular cloud "Gaia DR2 poster viewer"...
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    Betelgeuse (category Orion (constellation))
    Orion over Monument Valley skyscape showing the relative brightness of Betelgeuse and Rigel Orion: head to toe breathtaking vista the Orion molecular...
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    McNeil's Nebula (category Orion molecular cloud complex)
    600 ly Apparent magnitude (V) 15-16 Apparent diameter 1.3 x 0.95 arc min Constellation Orion Designations EQ J054614-00058 See also: Lists of nebulae...
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    nebulae Lists of nebulae Molecular cloud Magellanic Clouds Messier object Nebular hypothesis Orion molecular cloud complex Timeline of knowledge about...
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