Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  Great Orion Nebula  ·  Lower Sword  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  Mairan's Nebula  ·  NGC 1976  ·  NGC 1980  ·  NGC 1982  ·  Orion Nebula  ·  The star θ1Ori  ·  The star θ2Ori  ·  The star ιOri
M42 - Orion's Nebula, Yago
M42 - Orion's Nebula
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M42 - Orion's Nebula

M42 - Orion's Nebula, Yago
M42 - Orion's Nebula
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M42 - Orion's Nebula

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M42, also known as Orion's Nebula, is a nebula located on the constellation of Orion, at the south of the famous Orion's belt. Despite it is 1.344 light-years away from the earth, it is one of the brightest nebulae, even at the naked eye. It has a size across 24 light-years and is the closest region of massive stars formation zone to Earth. With a magnitude of 4.00 is an easy object, even for small telescopes or camera lenses.

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M42 - Orion's Nebula, Yago

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