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A luminous cloud of gas and dust 1,500 light
years away, in the constellation Orion, from
which stars are forming. It is about 15 light
years in diameter, and contains enough gas to
make a cluster of thousands of stars. At the
nebula's centre is a group of hot young
stars, called the Trapezium, which make the
surrounding gas glow. The nebula is visible
to the naked eye as a misty patch below the
belt of Orion.