More of M42, M43 and NGC 1973-5-7

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The Orion Nebula Region: M42, M43 and NGC 1973-5-7

Amateur images of the Great Orion Nebula M42 (NGC 1976), de Mairan’s Nebula M43

(NGC 1982) and the neighboring less bright nebulae NGC 1973, 1975, and 1977;

all part of a larger cloud of interstellar matter

about 1500–1600 light years away and several hundred light years across.

For identifying the individual nebulae,

look at this map, or at

Bill Arnett’s map.

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Orion Nebula M42/M43 with NGC 1973-5-7 by Michael Weiland of the

Interessengemeinschaft Astronomie an der Universität Konstanz

(Astronomy Interest Group at the University of Constance)

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Orion Nebula M42/M43, together with NGC 1973-5-7, as photographed by

Johann Lander of the

Interessengemeinschaft Astronomie (Astronomy Interest Group)

at the University of Constance
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