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Skywatch Friday – Flame Nebula

This is a photo that my husband Dave took recently of the Flame Nebula.

It was taken with five fifteen-minute exposures stacked on top of each other.

The Flame Nebula is an emission nebula in the Constellation Orion.  It is 900 to 1500 light years away.

The ring of light on the right side is from the nearby star Alnitak, which is just out of

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