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Growing up is hard. These guys get it. The young stars seen here, V 372 Orionis (center), and its companion star (left), belong to the Orion Nebula about 1,450 light years from Earth. V 372 Orionis is a distinct type of star classified as an Orion Variable. Their moody tempers and growing pains can be observed by scientists as variations in luminosity. The colorful haze surrounding the pair of stars is from diffuse nebulae, clouds of gas and dust which are commonly associated with Orion Variables. Learn more about this @NASAHubble image at the link in our bio. Image Description: Two very bright stars with cross-shaped diffraction spikes are prominent: the larger is slightly lower-right of the center, the smaller lies towards the upper-left corner. Small red stars with short diffraction spikes are scattered around them. The background is covered nearly completely by gas: smoky, bright blue gas around the larger star in the center and lower-right, and wispier red gas elsewhere.

January 27, 2023