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- Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:13 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Orion's Nebulae (2009 Sept 29)
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Re: Orion's Nebulae (2009 Sept 29)
Thanks. I looked on the sky view of Google Earth and it shows that what you say is correct.
- Mon Oct 12, 2009 5:16 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Orion's Nebulae (2009 Sept 29)
- Replies: 5
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Question on the 29Sep09 APOD
I'm trying to get oriented on this picture. This photo shows the Horsehead nebula with the horse facing Alnitak toward the observers left and the 3 main stars of Orion's belt in a diagonal line upward and to the left. But when I look at Orion from the northern hemisphere, the three stars of Orion's ...