NGC2024 The Flame Nebula (Close Field)

The Flame Nebula is an emission nebula located in the constellation Orion, the Hunter. The nebula lies at an approximate distance of 1,350 light years from Earth and has an apparent magnitude of 2. It has the designation NGC 2024 in the New General Catalogue.The Flame Nebula occupies an area of 30 arcminutes of apparent sky. It is part of a vast star forming region known as the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex.The Orion Molecular Cloud Complex also includes the famous Orion Nebula (Messier 42), De Mairan’s Nebula (Messier 43), the Horsehead Nebula, the Lambda Orionis molecular ring, the emission nebula Barnard’s Loop, and the reflection nebula Messier 78