The smaller, nearly round nebula distinct from the Great Nebula is called M43 or NGC 1982. It shines from the ultraviolet radiation of a single star thousands of times brighter than our Sun.
The Great Nebula is part of an intricate and immense cosmic jigsaw puzzle. On a clear winterΓÇÖs night, one can actually see the brightest part of it without a tele- scope as the fuzzy central ΓÇ£starΓÇ¥ in the sword of the Orion constellation. This ΓÇ£starΓÇ¥ is really the four bright stars of the Trapezium together, whose light combines with that of the surrounding gas to create, in the words of Lord Alfred Tennyson, ΓÇ£a single misty star.ΓÇ¥ With binoculars or a small telescope, the large gas
