The Orion Nebula is quite "piddly" - but it happens to be in our neck of the galaxy. In this video Meghan Gray (University of Nottingham), Paul Crowther (University of Sheffield) and Nik Szymanek (ccland.net) - More Messier Objects: http://bit.ly/MessierObjects Image credits: Adam Block: http://caelumobservatory.com/ Rogelio Bernal Andreo: http://blog.deepskycolors.com/ Bob Fera: http://www.feraphotography.com/ Nik Szymanek: http://ccdland.net/ Glen Youman: http://www.astrophotos.net/ Fred Espenak: http://astropixels.com/ Mike Wilson: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikewphotos/sets/72157629117612917 Deep Sky Videos website: http://www.deepskyvideos.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/DeepSkyVideos Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/DeepSkyVideos Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/68847473@N02/ More about the astronomers in our videos: http://www.deepskyvideos.com/pages/contributors.html Videos by Brady Haran Additional editing in this film by Stephen Slater