Nebula 014 / 100
Orion Nebula
NGC1976
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At a glance
- Type
- Emission nebula (H II region)
- Constellation
- Ori
- Right ascension
- 5h 35m 16.6s
- Declination
- −5° 23′
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.0
- Angular size
- 90x60′
- Catalogue
- NGC1976
Located in Orion.
The outline on your card
The nearest massive star-forming region: a turbulent bright core with dark bays and a fainter outer loop.
- Outline class
- Patchy
- Axis ratio
- 0.67 : 1
- Central source
- Multiple central stars
- Surface brightness
- High
- Recorded structure
- Bright rim · Dark lane · Proplyds · Embedded stars · Rifts
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