Orion Nebula Messier 42 PopWallet tapestry The crew of the International

The crew of the International Space Station snapped this image of a full Moon as the orbiting complex flew 270 miles above the South Pacific Ocean off the coast of South America

a beautiful stellar nursery located in the constellation of Gemini (The Twins)

and cannot be seen in visible light

Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center)

Orion Nebula Messier 42 PopWallet tapestry The crew of the InternationalThis wide field view shows a region of sky in the famous constellation of Orion (The Hunter), as seen in visible light. The large, bright feature at the top of the image is the well known Orion Nebula (Messier 42). This view was created from images forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. Credit: ESO Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin