Dr Mairan's Nebula
- Designation:
- M43
- Object Type:
- Diffuse Nebula
- Right Ascension:
- 5h 36m
- Declination:
- -05° 16'
- Magnitude:
- 9.0
- Distance:
- 1,300 light years
- Constellation:
- Orion
Image Source: NASA, ESA, M. Robberto (Space Telescope Science Institute/ESA) and the Hubble Space Telescope Orion Treasury Project Team
Articles about M43:
- The Orion Nebula Rings in the Holiday
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The Holiday Season is descending upon us in full swing snugly-puppy mode, bringing with it warm thoughts of seasonal festivities and cold nights reveling in the winter time starscape. With the frequent lapse in memory that winter actually happe ... more