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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
         fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation   
                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                  2024 January 16   
      The constellation of Orion is shown, but the image is so deep that many   
         nebula appear, making the belt stars and surrounding star almost   
      recognizable. The rollover image labels the brightest stars. Please see   
                  the explanation for more detailed information.   
      
                           The Orion You Can Almost See   
                     Image Credit & Copyright: Michele Guzzini   
      
      Explanation: Do you recognize this constellation? Although it is one of   
      the most recognizable star groupings on the sky, this is a more full   
      Orion than you can see -- an Orion only revealed with long exposure   
      digital camera imaging and post- processing. Here the cool red giant   
      Betelgeuse takes on a strong orange tint as the brightest star on the   
      upper left. Orion's hot blue stars are numerous, with supergiant Rigel   
      balancing Betelgeuse on the lower right, and Bellatrix at the upper   
      right. Lined up in Orion's belt are three stars all about 1,500   
      light-years away, born from the constellation's well-studied   
      interstellar clouds. Just below Orion's belt is a bright but fuzzy   
      patch that might also look familiar -- the stellar nursery known as   
      Orion's Nebula. Finally, just barely visible to the unaided eye but   
      quite striking here is Barnard's Loop -- a huge gaseous emission nebula   
      surrounding Orion's Belt and Nebula discovered over 100 years ago by   
      the pioneering Orion photographer E. E. Barnard.   
      
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