Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  41 the01 Ori  ·  43 the02 Ori  ·  44 iot Ori  ·  De Mairan's nebula  ·  Great Nebula in Orion  ·  Hatysa  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  NGC 1976  ·  NGC 1980  ·  NGC 1982  ·  Sh2-281  ·  The star θ1Ori  ·  The star θ2Ori  ·  The star ιOri
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M42

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The Orion Nebula, also know as M42, is one of the brightest nebulae in the sky and is visible with the naked eye as the middle star in Orion's sword.

M42 is about 1350 light-years from earth and is about 24 light years across. It is the closest region of massive star formation to Earth, and is part of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex.

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