M78 and Barnards Loop: Actually three interesting deep sky objects are displayed in this image: To the left is prominent reflection nebula M78, which is created by the radiation of very young hot stars in its center. Through the middle of the image the brightest part of a faint emission nebula can be seen, called Barnards Loop, which spans nearly the whole constellation of Orion. Then to the right a dark nebula, designated LDN 1622, is shown, which resides in a rather short distance to us of about 500 LY, whereas the other two objects are in a distance of approx. 1500 LY.