The Constellation of Orion the Hunter has a wide variety of celestial objects, some of which can be seen with the naked eye, while others only appear in photographs. Learn how to find these objects and observe those that can only be seen through astrophotography.

Chapters:
0:00 – Introduction
0:32 – Overview of celestial objects
1:53 — Orion Molecular Cloud Complex
3:38 – Barnard’s Loop
5:26 – The Great Orion Nebula (Messier 43 and 42)
7:51 – Horsehead Nebula (IC 434
9:25 a.m. – The Flame Nebula
11:04 – Monkey Head Nebula
12:11 p.m. – End

Check it out
▶ Download the STARGAZING guide for free: https://www.learnthesky.com/stargazing-starter-guide

Playlists
▶ Stargazing Basics: http://bit.ly/LearntheSky-StargazingBasics
▶ Zodiacal Constellations: http://bit.ly/LearntheSky-ZodiacalConstellations
▶ Circumpolar constellations: http://bit.ly/LearntheSky-Circumpolar
▶ Winter Constellations: http://bit.ly/LearntheSky-WinterConstellations
▶ Spring constellations: http://bit.ly/LearntheSky-SpringConstellations
▶ Summer Constellations: http://bit.ly/LearntheSky-SummerConstellations
▶ Autumn Constellations: http://bit.ly/LearntheSky-AutumnConstellations
▶ Stars: http://bit.ly/LearntheSky-Stars
▶ Planets: http://bit.ly/LearntheSky-Planets
▶ Celestial Objects: http://bit.ly/LearntheSky-CelestialObjects
▶ Versus Videos: http://bit.ly/LearntheSky-VersusVideos
▶ Celestial Events: http://bit.ly/LearntheSky-CelestialEvents
▶ Citizen Science: http://bit.ly/LearntheSky-CitizenScience

Photo attributes:
▶Monkey Head Nebula up close: by NASA/JPL-Caltech – http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA19836.jpg, public domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/ index.php ?curid=42525692
▶Herbig-Haro 111: By ESA/Hubble and NASA, D. Padgett (GSFC), T. Megeath (University of Toledo) and B. Reipurth (University of Hawaii) – Hubble sees the awakening of the force in a new star -née, public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=51481814
▶Monkey Head Nebula zoomed out: By Stephan Hamel – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=67439811
▶Messer 78: By ESO/Igor Chekalin – http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1105a/, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=13365630
▶Herbig-Haro objects: by Gmaxwell, Georg-Johann, Cherkash. – Based on a raster image from User:Worldtraveller on the English Wikipedia, this vector image was created by Gregory Maxwell, then recreated/modified by Georg-Johann and Cherkash., public domain, https://commons.wikimedia. org/w/index.php?curid=362553
▶Spitzer HH 111 Telescope: by Meli thev – Proposal ID 3315 + Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=87668057
▶ Orion cloud complex of the Horsehead Nebula: by credit ESA/Herschel/PACS, SPIRE/N. Schneider, Ph. Andr, V. Knyves (CEA Saclay, France) for the key program of the Gould Belt investigation – http://www.herschel.caltech.edu/image/nhsc2013-013a http://www.herschel .caltech. edu/system/avm_image_sqls/binaries/4/original/nhsc2013-013a.tif, attribution, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=55664881
▶Meissa: By Lithopsian – This file is derived from: Orion Head to Toe.jpg:, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=64732448

Support this channel
▶ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/learnthesky
▶ Online courses: https://www.learnthesky.com/store

Never miss a video
▶ Subscribe to my channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/learnthesky?sub_confirmation=1

Connect
▶ Website: https://www.learnthesky.com/
▶ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/learnthesky/
▶ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/learnthesky/ ​

▶ Questions: [email protected]
▶ Commercial requests: [email protected]

#learnthesky #stargazing #constellations #stars #keepsearching

Please take the opportunity to connect and share this video with your friends and family if you find it useful.