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
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) |
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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Last Modification: 28 Jun 1998, 11:40 MET