Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  41 Ori A)  ·  41 Ori C  ·  41 Ori D  ·  43 Ori)  ·  Great Orion Nebula  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  Mairan's Nebula  ·  NGC 1976  ·  NGC 1982  ·  Orion Nebula  ·  The star Mizan Batil II (θ2 Ori  ·  The star Trapezium (θ1 Ori A  ·  The star θ1 Ori C  ·  The star θ1 Ori D
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M42 (SHO): the core of the Orion nebula, Stijn
M42 (SHO): the core of the Orion nebula
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M42 (SHO): the core of the Orion nebula

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M42 (SHO): the core of the Orion nebula, Stijn
M42 (SHO): the core of the Orion nebula
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M42 (SHO): the core of the Orion nebula

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The Orion nebula is one of those targets that never disappoints. This is an SHO recording of the core of the nebula, revealing some of its well known details, including

- the trapezium stars, including the extremely energetic O-type star Theta-1-Ori C that causes a great deal of the nebula to illuminate
- the Orion bar, a side view of an ionization front
- the Dark Bay, a cloud of neutral gas out of which the "wings" extend
- Proplyd 244-440, a protoplanetary disc
- the many ripples in the surrounding gas clouds

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M42 (SHO): the core of the Orion nebula, Stijn

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