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M 42 · Star cluster with nebula · Orion

Orion Nebula

Also known as NGC 1976 · LBN 974 · Great Orion Nebula

Shot with Seestar S50 ×2 · Dwarf 3 ×1

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Type

Star cluster with nebula

Constellation

Orion

Position (J2000)

5h 35m 16s · −5° 23′ 23″

Discovered

by Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc in 1610

Pictures

3

Typical integration

2.7 h

Magnitude

4

visual

Size

90′ × 60′

Distance

~1,500 ly

Best months

Nov–Jan

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.