New Distance to the Orion Nebula, Part Two

Early this year, an astronomer in England reported he had used the spins of
stars to determine that the Orion Nebula is much closer to Earth than had
been thought. Now astronomers in California have confirmed this result by
measuring the parallax to a young star in this famous stellar nursery.

Both studies find that the Orion Nebula is about 1,300 light-years from
Earth--over 200 light-years closer than previously thought.

For the full story, including a full-color image of the Orion Nebula, please
see http://KenCroswell.com/OrionNebulaDistance2.html .