Deep-sky object
Great Orion Nebula
Great Orion Nebula is an H II region nebula somewhere between 1 324 and 1 364 light-years away, in Orion, about 35 light-years across.
See it live
It is on the live 3D map, where it really is.
Key facts
- Type
- H II region nebula
- Constellation
- Orion
- Distance
- 1 324 to 1 364 light-years
- Size
- about 35.0 light-years across
- Brightness from Earth
- magnitude 4.0
- Catalogue
- M42, NGC 1976
See it from here
Bright enough to see with your own eyes from a dark place.
How the map draws it
Drawn as a soft glow in the manner of its kind at its measured distance, as wide as it measures; the pattern in it is illustrative and its true shape is not drawn — the kind of thing, not this exact one.