Fire (NGC 2467) Size:42" x 42" (107 cm x 107 cm) 000 stars comprise the cluster

000 stars comprise the cluster

000 miles an hour—fast enough to travel from Earth to the Moon in 24 minutes

This particular cluster is unique in more than one way

Observations by Mars Global Surveyor indicate that the surface of this small body has been pounded into powder by eons of meteoroid impacts

is separated from the famous Orion Nebula (Messier 42) by only a dark lane of dust

Fire (NGC 2467) Size:42" x 42" (107 cm x 107 cm) 000 stars comprise the clusterA colorful star forming region is featured in this stunning new NASA ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 2467. Looking like a roiling cauldron of some exotic cosmic brew, huge clouds of gas and dust are sprinkled with bright blue, hot young stars. Strangely shaped dust clouds, resembling spilled liquids, are silhouetted against a colorful background of glowing. Like the familiar Orion Nebula, NGC 2467 is a huge cloud of gas mostly hydrogen that