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M 42

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Right ascension: 05h 35m 16.82s
Declination: −05° 23′ 15.4″
Galactic l, b: 209.01, -19.38
Redshift z: 9.274e-05
Radial velocity: 27.8 km/s
Proper motion: 1.67, -0.3 mas/yr
Angular size: 66′ × 66′

Also known as

22 identifiers

3C 1454C -05.21CTA 37LBN 209.13-19.35LBN 974M 42Mills 05+0AMSH 05-0-11NGC 1976NRL 6PKS 0532-05PKS 0532-054[PT56] 6SRGA J053516.8-052315XSS J05351-0519[DGW65] 26GAL 209.01-19.4Great Orion Nebula[KPS2012] MWSC 0582Ori NebulaOrion Nebula[WCO2009] J053517-052326

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
* tet01 Ori G	YSO	1.927″	13.68
TCC 70	YSO	3.207″	—
Ney-Allen Nebula	ISM	4.895″	—
Ori Trapezium	OpenCluster	5.026″	—
tet01 Ori D2	Star	5.386″	—
* tet01 Ori D	YSO	6.585″	6.7
MLLA 423C	other	7.112″	—
TCC 67	YSO Candidate	7.533″	—
LV 3	OrionV*	8.094″	—
TCC 78	YSO Candidate	8.349″	20.63
* tet01 Ori C	SB*	9.258″	5.13

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/m-42 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.