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Welcome back Orion

Posted on November 17, 2010 | Comments Off on Welcome back Orion

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The Constellation Orion, my favorite part of winter in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Today’s pretty picture

Posted on November 20, 2006 | Comments Off on Today’s pretty picture

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Who doesn’t love Orion, striding across the winter sky? Orion’s Great Nebula is also good–just below and to the left of Orion’s belt–through a big telescope./ NASA 

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Today’s pretty picture

Posted on November 8, 2006 | Comments Off on Today’s pretty picture

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Light echoes across a dust cloud from the outburst of a star at the edge of the Milky Way, 20,000 light years from the sun/NASA 

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