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Orion Nebula at ESA/Hubble

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This image was selected as a picture of the day for February 06, 2007. It was captioned as followed:

English: Orion Nebula taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.

Deutsch: Orionnebel (mit dem Hubble-Weltraumteleskop aufgenommen)

Français : La nébuleuse d’Orion prise par le télescope spatial Hubble.

Español: La nebulosa de Orión vista desde el Telescopio espacial Hubble.

Česky: Mlhovina v Orionu, snímek z Hubbleova vesmírného dalekohledu

Deutsch: Orionnebel (mit dem Hubble-Weltraumteleskop aufgenommen)

English: Orion Nebula taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.

Esperanto: La Orion-nebulo vidita per Kosmoteleskopo Hubble

Español: La nebulosa de Orión vista desde el Telescopio espacial Hubble.

Suomi: Orionin sumu Hubble-avaruusteleskoopin kuvaamana

Français : La nébuleuse d’Orion prise par le télescope spatial Hubble.

Galego: A Nebulosa de Orión vista polo Telescopio Espacial Hubble.

Magyar : Az Orion-köd a Hubble űrtávcső felvételén

Italiano: Nebulosa di Orione vista dal Telescopio spaziale Hubble.

日本語: ハッブル宇宙望遠鏡で撮影したオリオン大星雲(M42)

Polski: Zdjęcie Wielkiej Mgławicy w Orionie zrobione przez Teleskop Hubble'a.

Português: Nebulosa de Órion, fotografada pelo Telescópio espacial Hubble.

Română: Nebuloasa Orion fotografiată de telescopul Hubble.

Русский: Туманность Ориона снятая космическим телескопом Hubble.

Српски / Srpski: Орионова маглина сликана Хабл свемирским телескопом.

Svenska: Orionnebulosan fotograferad av Hubbleteleskopet.

Türkçe: Orion Bulutsusu. Hubble Uzay Teleskopu tarafından çekilmiştir.

简体中文: 哈勃空间望远镜拍攝的猎户座大星云

繁體中文: 哈勃空間望遠鏡拍攝的獵戶座大星雲

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Description	"In one of the most detailed astronomical images ever produced, NASA/ESA's Hubble Space Telescope captured an unprecedented look at the Orion Nebula. ... This extensive study took 105 Hubble orbits to complete. All imaging instruments aboard the telescope were used simultaneously to study Orion. The Advanced Camera mosaic covers approximately the apparent angular size of the full moon."
Source	http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/2006/01/
Date	11 January 2006
Author	NASA, ESA, M. Robberto (Space Telescope Science Institute/ESA) and the Hubble Space Telescope Orion Treasury Project Team
Permission	PD

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This file is in the public domain because it was created by NASA and the European Space Agency. Hubble material is copyright-free and may be freely used as in the public domain without fee, on the condition that NASA and ESA is credited as the source of the material. The material was created for NASA by STScI under Contract NAS5-26555 and for ESA by the Hubble European Space Agency Information Centre. [3] or [4].