M 43 · Emission nebula (H II region) · Orion

Mairan's Nebula

Also known as NGC 1982

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Type

Emission nebula (H II region)

Constellation

Orion

Position (J2000)

5h 35m 31s · −5° 16′ 03″

Discovered

by Jean Jacques Dortous de Mayran in 1731

Pictures

1

Magnitude

9

visual

Size

20′ × 15′

Distance

~1,600 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.