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retroremakes
February 10th, 2010, 16:40
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/500x_eso1006a-660x811.jpg (http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/eso1006a-660x811.jpg)No doubt, you've seen Orion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_%28constellation%29) when stargazing. A spot on his belt that's sometimes mistaken for a star is really the Orion Nebula (http://gizmodo.com/tag/orionnebula/). Here's an ever-so-better better view, thanks to the 67-megapixel, infrared-sensitive VISTA telescope (http://www.eso.org/public/images/vistaimage/). [Full 341MB Version (http://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1006a.tif) via Wired (http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/02/vista-orion/)]


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