Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. The Great Nebula in Orion can be found just below and to the left of the easily identifiable belt of three stars in the popular constellation Orion . This fuzzy patch, visible to the unaided eye , contains one of the closest stellar nurseries , lying at a distance of about 1500 light years . The above picture highlights red light emitted by the nebula's hydrogen gas. Dark dust filaments punctuate regions of this glowing hydrogen gas and reflect light from the nebula's brightest stars .
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