Flame in Orion's Belt Wall Art including Frame T-shirts Day: About 243 Earth days

Day: About 243 Earth days

This image is a four-color composite created by all four of WISE's infrared detectors

and its exterior was blasted away in an immense release of energy astronomers call a supernova

or bipolar (featuring two symmetric lobes of material)

Flame in Orion's Belt Wall Art including Frame T-shirts Day: About 243 Earth daysThis mosaic image taken by NASA's Wide field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, features three nebulae that are part of the giant Orion Molecular Cloud. The image covers an area of the sky about three times as high and wide as the full moon (1. 5 by 1. 8 degrees). Included in this view are the Flame nebula, the Horsehead nebula and NGC 2023. Despite its name, there is no fire roaring in the Flame nebula. What makes this nebula shine is the bright blue