This emission is strongest under conditions which are intermediate between those in the interior of nebula and those in the dense cloud.

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Lying about 1,350 light-years away and spanning 25 light-years, the Orion Nebula appears to the naked eye as a fuzzy “star” dangling just below the three stars of Orion’s belt.