The photo for the week of April 8, 2008 is titled Southern Orion: From Belt to Witch. The photo contains the all too familiar photo of the three stars that comprise Orion's Belt located in the upper left of the image. The lower left stars that forms the beginning of the belt is named Alnitak. Located to the left of the star is the giant Flame Nebula. It contains giant, bright emission clouds of dust. Below that is the popular photographic Horsehead Nebula. The giant star Rigel illuminates the the massive Witch Head Nebula.
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