The Halloween Image of the Day: "The Ghost Nebula"
Cool Pic!
via The Daily Galaxy: Great Discoveries Channel by Casey Kazan Daily Galaxy Editorial Staff on 11/1/09
The Great Orion Nebula (M42), 1,500 light years distant, embraces the complex region of combined emission and reflection nebulae consisting of NGC 1973, 1975, and 1977 - the Ghost Nebula- with its mysterious 'spirit-like' figure floating through the interstellar clouds (also known as the 'running man').
