Wonderfully mysterious, M78 is the brightest swath of nebulosity in a group of specterlike glows some 2½° northeast of Alnitak (Zeta [ζ] Orionis), the eastern star in Orion’s Belt. Pierre Méchain ...

ESO: The nebula Messier 78 takes center stage in this image taken with the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile, while the stars powering the ...

A new image of the region surrounding the reflection nebula Messier 78, just to the north of Orion’s Belt, shows clouds of cosmic dust threaded through the nebula like a string of pearls. The ...

Orion is overflowing with great binocular targets. Mintaka, the westernmost belt star, is a wide, bright double star tailor made for binoculars. Binoculars will unveil a 2nd-magnitude primary paired ...