Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  Great Orion Nebula  ·  IC 420  ·  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 θ1Ori  ·  The star θ2Ori  ·  The star ιOri  ·  Upper Sword  ·  the Running Man Nebula
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M42 / The Great Orion Nebula, Kanwar Brar
M42 / The Great Orion Nebula
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M42 / The Great Orion Nebula

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M42 / The Great Orion Nebula, Kanwar Brar
M42 / The Great Orion Nebula
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M42 / The Great Orion Nebula

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M42, also known as the Great Orion Nebula or Orion Nebula, is the prime deep sky attraction in the constellation of Orion and a showpiece deep sky object.It is so named because it lies within Orion the Hunter, a constellation that dominates the winter sky. Located just over 1,000 light-years away, it’s the closest major star-forming region to Earth.

Total capture time was around 5 hours this week. It's visible only after midnight at this time of the year.

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M42 / The Great Orion Nebula, Kanwar Brar