Panning across Reflection Nebula Messier 78 in Orion | ESO FriendsofNASA.org: This video takes a close-up look at a richly detailed view of the star formation region Messier 78, in the constellation of Orion (The Hunter), taken with the VISTA infrared survey telescope at the European Southern Observatory’s Paranal Observatory in Chile. As well as the blue regions of reflected light from the hot young stars the image also shows streams of dark dust and the red jets emerging from stars in the proc

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