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by NightSkyWatcher
Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:13 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Orion's Nebulae (2009 Sept 29)
Replies: 5
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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.
by NightSkyWatcher
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
Views: 1397

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 ...