M78

REFLECTION NEBULA · moonlight made of stars

M78 — AI illustration of the real object

DISTANCE about 1,350 light yearsSHINES BY reflected starlight

The brightest reflection nebula in the sky, a silvery blue mist in Orion that produces no light of its own: it simply mirrors the glow of two hot young stars embedded in it, like fog around a streetlamp. Behind the soft veil, a cluster of baby stars is assembling. Borrowed light, but a real nursery.

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