Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  Great Orion Nebula  ·  IC 420  ·  IC 430  ·  Lower Sword  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  Mairan's Nebula  ·  NGC 1973  ·  NGC 1975  ·  NGC 1976  ·  NGC 1977  ·  NGC 1980  ·  NGC 1981  ·  NGC 1982  ·  Orion Nebula  ·  The star 42Ori  ·  The star 45Ori  ·  The star 49Ori  ·  The star θ1Ori  ·  The star θ2Ori  ·  The star ιOri  ·  Upper Sword  ·  the Running Man Nebula
M42, sidusmea
M42
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M42

M42, sidusmea
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M42

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The Orion Nebula, with its three bright stars lined up neatly, and three smaller stars lined up diagonally. Without a telescope, you can see that the one in the middle is faintly glowing red. It is not a star, but the Great Orion Nebula.

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M42, sidusmea