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Orion Bar
  میله‌ی ِ شکارگر، ~ اوریون  
mile-ye Šekârgar, ~ Orion
Fr.: barre d'Orion  

A part of a → molecular cloud toward the → Orion Nebula viewed edge-on. It is the surface of interaction between the → H II region and its → associated molecular cloud. Same as the → Orion Bright Bar.

See also: → Orion; → bar.