New, Closer Distance to the Orion Nebula

[newmoon]

From KenCroswell.com:<br /><br /><blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr /><p>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.<p><hr /></p></p></blockquote><br />

 

[nyrath]

Phooey. Now I'll have to re-do my map

 

[MeteorWayne]

Science is not static, my friend.<br /><br />Welcome to Space.com<br /><br />Cool stuff on your site!! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>