Messier 78: A Reflection Nebula in Orion Wall Art Size:MEDIUM (16 x 16) but during the period from

but during the period from August to October

a cluster of dark clouds called "Bok" globules resides at the top

which are modest-size hills to the southwest of the Mars Pathfinder landing site

That darkness appears as an absence of stars

This view shows part of the stellar nursery called the Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Messier 78: A Reflection Nebula in Orion Wall Art Size:MEDIUM (16 x 16) but during the period fromThis new image of the reflection nebula Messier 78 was captured using the Wide Field Imager camera on the MPG ESO 2. 2 metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory, Chile. This colour picture was created from many monochrome exposures taken through blue, yellow green and red filters, supplemented by exposures through a filter that isolates light from glowing hydrogen gas. The total exposure times were 9, 9, 17. 5 and 15. 5 minutes per filter,