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The peak surface brightness of the central region of M42 is about 17 Mag/arcsec 2 and the outer bluish glow has a peak surface brightness of 21.3 Mag/arcsec 2. [ 9 ] The Orion Nebula contains a very young open cluster , known as the Trapezium Cluster due to the asterism of its primary four stars within a diameter of 1.5 light years.
Orion's Sword is a compact asterism in the constellation Orion.It comprises three stars (42 Orionis, Theta Orionis, and Iota Orionis) and M42, the Orion Nebula, which together are thought to resemble a sword or its scabbard.
M42 Stahlhelm, a type of German WWII helmet; M42, a Smith & Wesson hammerless revolver; M42 United Defense submachine gun, an American weapon used in World War II; M42 command truck; In manufacturing: M42 is the Unified numbering system code ("miscellaneous nonferrous metals and alloys") for a grade of high-speed steel with cobalt
Some of the most prominent emission nebulae visible from the northern celestial hemisphere are the North America Nebula (NGC 7000) and Veil Nebula NGC 6960/6992 in Cygnus, while in the south celestial hemisphere, the Lagoon Nebula M8 / NGC 6523 in Sagittarius and the Orion Nebula M42. [4]
It was discovered on May 3, 1764, [10] and was the first Messier object to be discovered by Charles Messier himself. Messier originally mistook the object for a nebula without stars.
Charles Messier. The first edition of 1774 covered 45 objects (M1 to M45).The total list published by Messier in 1781 contained 103 objects, but the list was expanded through successive additions by other astronomers, motivated by notes in Messier's and Méchain's texts indicating that at least one of them knew of the additional objects.
Messier 43 or M43, also known as De Mairan's Nebula and NGC 1982, is a star-forming nebula with a prominent H II region in the equatorial constellation of Orion.It was discovered by the French scientist Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan some time before 1731, [3] then catalogued by Charles Messier in 1769.
Messier 41 (also known as M41 or NGC 2287) is an open cluster in the constellation Canis Major.It is sometimes referred to as the Little Beehive Cluster. [4] It was discovered by Giovanni Batista Hodierna before 1654 and was perhaps known to Aristotle about 325 BC. [5]