Orion Nebula

Nebulae

The Orion Nebula, also called Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976, is a diffuse nebula in the Milky Way, located south of Orion’s Belt in the constellation Orion. Visible to the naked eye, it is the closest region of massive star formation to Earth. It has been extensively studied for evidence of star and planetary-system formation, including protoplanetary disks, brown dwarfs, and turbulent gas.

Alternative names: Messier 42, M42, and NGC 1976
Location: South of Orion's Belt, in the constellation of Orion
Distance from Earth: 1,267.0 ± 5.4 light-years

Sources and credits

Article: Orion Nebula (English Wikipedia)
Wikidata: Q13903
Text: Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
Illustration: By NASA, ESA, M. Robberto (Space Telescope Science Institute/ESA) and the Hubble Space Telescope Orion Treasury Project Team. Public domain · File page on Wikimedia Commons
NASA, ESA, M. Robberto (Space Telescope Science Institute/ESA) and the Hubble Space Telescope Orion Treasury Project Team, http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/2006/01/ https://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic0601/
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