A large and bright nebula, 1350 l.y. away in the constellation Orion; also known as M42 or NGC 1976. The nebula covers more than 1° × 1° of sky and is faintly visible to the naked eye as a fuzzy patch around the multiple star Theta1 Orionis, also known as the Trapezium. The ultraviolet light from the Trapezium stars, particularly Theta1 C (spectral type O6), ionizes the nebula. The Orion Nebula is over 20 l.y. in diameter, and contains several hundred solar masses of ionized gas. It forms a hot blister on the near side of one of the massive Orion Molecular Clouds.
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- dithered colour
- dithering
- dither noise
- dithionate
- dithionic acid
- dithionite
- dithionous acid
- Ditomopyge
- Dittmar’s law
- Dittus–Boelter correlation
- diuresis
- diuretic
- diurnal
- diurnal aberration
- diurnal inequality
- diurnal libration
- diurnal motion
- diurnal parallax
- diurnal rhythm
- diurnal temperature variation
- diurnal variation(geomagnetic)
- div
- divalent
- divariant assemblage
- divariant equilibrium