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M42 Great Nebula in Orion

M42, Messier 42, NGC 1976, NGC1976, Great Nebula in Orion

M42 Great Nebula in Orion
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Object type
nebula
Constellation
Ori
Right ascension
83.85°
Declination
-5.45°
Reference frame
Not supplied by the source catalog
Distance
1600.0000000821365 ly
Distance kind
Not supplied by the source catalog
Uncertainty
Not supplied by the source catalog
Apparent magnitude
4.0
Catalog source
deep_sky_catalog
Catalog epoch
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Position epoch
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Selection caveat
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Cosmology
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