Orion Nebula
Cosmic StructuregalacticESTABLISHED
aka M42 · NGC 1976
Universe / Cosmic Web / Orion Nebula
The nearest large stellar nursery; a glowing H II region in Orion's sword.
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extent24 ly
scale domaingalactic
true distance0.41 kpc
rendered radius58.2 u
directionreal
confidence80%
evidenceestablished
imported fromexpanded-curated
sources
- · Curated expanded catalog (manual)
- · literature (~24 ly across) (dataset)
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same type (cosmic structure)