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2. Orion Telescopes & Binoculars - Wikipedia

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   Orion ED120 apo refractor on Orion's Sirius EQ-G "GoTo" and GPS equipped German equatorial mount with portable 12 volt power supply. Orion sold a range of telescopes that they characterize as "beginner", "intermediate" or "advanced", including Newtonians, Maksutovs, Schmidt-Cassegrains, Ritchey-Chrétiens and refractors with or without (sold as optical tube assemblies or "OTA") a variety of ...

3. Becklin–Neugebauer Object - Wikipedia

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   It was discovered in 1967 by Eric Becklin and Gerry Neugebauer during their near-infrared survey of the Orion Nebula. [4] A faint glow around the center-most stars can be observed in the visible light spectrum, especially with the aid of a telescope. The BN Object is thought to be an intermediate-mass protostar.

4. Messier 78 - Wikipedia

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   Messier 78 or M78, also known as NGC 2068, is a reflection nebula in the constellation Orion. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1780 and included by Charles Messier in his catalog of comet-like objects that same year. [4] M78 is the brightest diffuse reflection nebula of a group of nebulae that includes NGC 2064, NGC 2067 and NGC 2071.

5. Orion (space telescope) - Wikipedia

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   The Orion 1 space astrophysical observatory was installed in the orbital station Salyut 1.It was designed by Grigor Gurzadyan of Byurakan Observatory in Armenia, USSR.It was operated in June 1971 by crew member Viktor Patsayev, who thus became the first man to operate a telescope outside the Earth's atmosphere.

6. Astroscan - Wikipedia

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   When Edmund Scientific introduced the telescope in 1976 they called it "The Edmund Wide-Field Telescope" with a Part Number "2001" [5] Edmund had a public contest which ran until November 15, 1976, to come up with a name. [6] The winning name was "Astroscan 2001". The "2001" part of the name was dropped over time.

7. Trapezium Cluster - Wikipedia

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   The Trapezium or Orion Trapezium Cluster, also known by its Bayer designation of Theta 1 Orionis (θ 1 Orionis), is a tight open cluster of stars in the heart of the Orion Nebula, in the constellation of Orion. It was discovered by Galileo Galilei. On 4 February 1617 he sketched three of the stars (A, C and D), but missed the surrounding ...

8. Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer - Wikipedia

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   The telescope was turned on again in 2013, and by December 2013 the telescope had cooled down sufficiently to be able to resume observations. [60] Between then and May 2017, the telescope made almost 640,000 detections of over 26,000 previously known objects including asteroids and comets. [ 60 ]

9. Barnard's Loop - Wikipedia

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   Barnard's Loop (catalogue designation Sh 2-276) is an emission nebula in the constellation of Orion. It is part of the Orion molecular cloud complex which also contains the dark Horsehead and bright Orion nebulae. The loop takes the form of a large arc centered approximately on the Orion Nebula. The stars within the Orion Nebula are believed to ...