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A Different View of the Flame Nebula

A Different View of the Flame Nebula
Date taken Tue Jul 03 2012 Authorship NASA's JPL centre Keywords & Keyphrases Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer WISE Metadata JSON

Behind the image

The Flame Nebula sits on the eastern hip of Orion the Hunter, a constellation most easily visible in the northern hemisphere during winter evenings in this view from NASA WISE Telescope.