{"id":239381,"date":"2025-12-18T15:04:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T15:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/239381\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T15:04:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T15:04:11","slug":"night-sky-tonight-see-the-orion-nebula-shine-after-dark-on-dec-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/239381\/","title":{"rendered":"Night sky tonight \u2014 See the Orion Nebula shine after dark on Dec. 18"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Thursday, Dec. 18: Orion\u2019s Sword (after dark)<\/p>\n

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See Orion\u2019s Sword on Dec. 18. (Image credit: Starry Night)<\/p>\n

Anytime after dark is great for looking more closely at one of the jewels of the winter night sky. Look below Orion’s Belt<\/a> \u2014 which will be visible in the southeast after sunset \u2014 for a short vertical line of faint stars<\/a> known to astronomers as Orion’s Sword.<\/p>\n

A soft haze of light may be visible surrounding the middle star. This is the Orion Nebula<\/a> (M42), the closest large star-forming region to the solar system<\/a>, which orbits within the Milky Way<\/a> at just 1,500 light-years<\/a> from Earth<\/a>. \u2014 Jamie Carter<\/p>\n

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