Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  41 Ori A)  ·  41 Ori C  ·  41 Ori D  ·  41 the01 Ori  ·  42 Ori)  ·  42 c Ori  ·  43 Ori)  ·  43 the02 Ori  ·  44 Ori)  ·  44 iot Ori  ·  45 Ori  ·  Great Orion Nebula  ·  HD36606  ·  HD36655  ·  HD36782  ·  HD36843  ·  HD36917  ·  HD36918  ·  HD36938  ·  HD36958  ·  HD36959  ·  HD36960  ·  HD36981  ·  HD36982  ·  HD36998  ·  HD36999  ·  HD37000  ·  HD37017  ·  HD37022  ·  HD37025  ·  And 33 more.
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M42 Orion Nebula, Steven Joseph Hill

M42 Orion Nebula

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M42 Orion Nebula, Steven Joseph Hill

M42 Orion Nebula

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M42 (The Orion nebula), discovered in 1610 by Christiaan Huygens, and NGC1977 (The Running man nebula), discovered in 1786 by William Herschel. The region has revealed much about the process of how stars and planetary systems coalesce and form from collapsing clouds of gas and dust.

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M42 Orion Nebula, Steven Joseph Hill

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