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The Orion Nebula is one of the finest and most interesting objects in the sky. To the naked eye, it looks like a 'fuzzy' star in the middle of Orion's sword, but with binoculars, it appears distinctly nebulous, and shows an amazing amount of detail through the telescope. It is fully a degree in extent, with a wealth of fine curling wisps of nebulosity curving out from the brightest region surrounding the four relatively bright stars known as the Trapezium. The region around the Trapezium appears as a cold steel blue color, while the wispy regions further away can appear as a soft ruddy pink.