# @nasaartemis on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/B835u8wgsOM
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/15342251-nasaartemis-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/e160568864.jpg
- **Posted:** 2020-02-22T15:02:36.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA Artemis (@nasaartemis) — https://gondola.cc/nasaartemis

## Caption

This image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows infant stars "hatching" in the head of the hunter constellation, Orion. Astronomers suspect that shockwaves from a supernova explosion in Orion's head, nearly three million years ago, may have initiated this newfound birth . The region featured in this Spitzer image is called Barnard 30. It is located approximately 1,300 light-years away and sits on the right side of Orion's "head," just north of the massive star Lambda Orionis. Happy #spacesaturday folks! 💫

Credit: nasa 
#nasa #solarsystem #explore #starstuff #galaxy #spitzerspacetelescope #orion

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## Tags

spitzerspacetelescope, starstuff, nasa, spacesaturday, explore, galaxy, orion, solarsystem

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