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Name
Orion Nebula
 
Type
Diffuse
 
Epoch
J20000
 
Ra
05<sup>h</sup> 35<sup>m</sup> 171<sup>s</sup>
Revised NGC Data for NGC 1976
per Wolfgang Steinicke's
NGC/IC Database Files
 
Dec
-05&deg 23&prime 25&Prime
 
Dist Ly
1,500
Ly
 
Appmag V
+40
 
Size V
65 &times 60
Arcmins
 
Constellation
Orion
 
Radius Ly
15
Ly
1,500 &times sin( 66&prime / 2 ) = 14-15 ly radius
 
Absmag V
&mdash
 
Notes
Trapezium Cluster