Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  41 the01 Ori  ·  42 c Ori  ·  43 the02 Ori  ·  44 iot Ori  ·  45 Ori  ·  Great Orion Nebula  ·  HD294262  ·  HD294263  ·  HD36671  ·  HD36742  ·  HD36782  ·  HD36843  ·  HD36866  ·  HD36884  ·  HD36899  ·  HD36917  ·  HD36938  ·  HD36939  ·  HD36958  ·  HD36981  ·  HD36982  ·  HD36983  ·  HD36999  ·  HD37000  ·  HD37019  ·  HD37042  ·  HD37058  ·  HD37059  ·  HD37060  ·  HD37061  ·  And 31 more.
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M42

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M42, the Orion Nebula, was discovered in 1610 by Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc. Located 1,344 light years away south of the three stars that form the belt of the Orion constellation, it is an area of massive star formation containing a mass about 2,000 times that of the Sun.

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M42, David Hickey