Orion Nebula Messier 42 PopWallet tapestry between the orbits of Jupiter

between the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn

Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center)

Huge waves are sculpted in this two-lobed nebula some 3000 light-years away in the constellation of Sagittarius

a beautiful stellar nursery located in the constellation of Gemini (The Twins)

The two distinct bright patches seen here in the night sky are the Large and Small Magellanic clouds

Orion Nebula Messier 42 PopWallet tapestry between the orbits of JupiterThis wide field view shows a region of sky in the famous constellation of Orion (The Hunter), as seen in visible light. The large, bright feature at the top of the image is the well known Orion Nebula (Messier 42). This view was created from images forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. Credit: ESO Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin