In today's image, we see a part of the Orion star forming region near the belt of Orion. We se the star Alnitak, one of the three bright stars in Orion's Belt as well as the Horsehead Nebula, a dark nebula. The other nebulae seen are the Flame Nebula which is an emission nebula and a reflection nebula.

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