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Description	English: The Orion nebula in true colour. Français : Nébuleuse d'Orion vue par le HST.
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Source	hubblesite.org STScI-PRC1995-45a
Author	Credit: NASA, C.R. O'Dell and S.K. Wong (Rice University)
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