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Inside the Flame Nebula
The Flame Nebula stands out in optical images of the dusty, crowded star-forming regions toward Orion's belt. Alnitak, the easternmost belt star, is 1,400 light-years away and appears at the right edge of this infrared image from the Spitzer Space Telescope. This infrared view, about 15 light-years across, takes you inside the nebula's glowing gas and obscuring dust clouds. It reveals many stars of the recently formed, embedded cluster NGC 2024.
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In tropical astrology, 17 APR 2021 falls under Aries (♈). The sign's window runs from 03-21 through 04-19. Aries is the constellation traditionally tied to spring's arrival in the northern hemisphere. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 17 APR 2021.