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The Orion Nebula (also known as Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976) is a diffuse nebula situated in the Milky Way, being south of Orion's Belt in the constellation of Orion, [b] and is known as the middle "star" in the "sword" of Orion. It is one of the brightest nebulae and is visible to the naked eye in the night sky with apparent magnitude 4.0. It is 1,344±20 light-years (412.1±6.1 pc) away [3] [6] and is the closest region of massive star formation to Earth. The M42 nebula is estimated to be 24light-years across (so its apparent size from Earth is approximately 1 degree). It has a mass of about 2,000 times that of the Sun. Older texts frequently refer to the Orion Nebula as the Great Nebula in Orion or the Great Orion Nebula. [7] Visible light nebulae may be divided into emission nebulae, which emit spectral line radiation from excited or ionized gas (mostly ionized hydrogen); [23] they are often called H II regions, H II referring to ionized hydrogen), and reflection nebulae which are visible primarily due to the light they reflect. The green hue was a puzzle for astronomers in the early part of the 20th century because none of the known spectral lines at that time could explain it. There was some speculation that the lines were caused by a new element, and the name nebulium was coined for this mysterious material. With better understanding of atomic physics, however, it was later determined that the green spectrum was caused by a low-probability electron transition in doubly ionized oxygen, a so-called " forbidden transition". This radiation was impossible to reproduce in the laboratory at the time, because it depended on the quiescent and nearly collision-free environment found in the high vacuum of deep space. [12] History [ edit ] Messier's drawing of the Orion Nebula in his 1771 memoir, Mémoires de l'Académie Royale Tibor Herczeg, Norman (January 22, 1999). "The Orion Nebula: A chapter of early nebular studies". Acta Historica Astronomiae. 3: 246. Bibcode: 1998AcHA....3..246H . Retrieved October 27, 2006. Volk, Kevin M.; Kwok, Sun (July 1, 1989). "Evolution of protoplanetary nebulae". Astrophysical Journal. 342: 345–363. Bibcode: 1989ApJ...342..345V. doi: 10.1086/167597.

Unlike some other models, we found it to be near silent in its operation, which is great if you're using it to get to sleep or whilst watching a film. Charles Messier observed the nebula on March 4, 1769, and he also noted three of the stars in Trapezium. Messier published the first edition of his catalog of deep sky objects in 1774 (completed in 1771). [25] As the Orion Nebula was the 42nd object in his list, it became identified as M42. Frommert, H.; Kronberg, C. (August 25, 2007). "Hodierna's Deep Sky Observations". SEDS . Retrieved August 11, 2015. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary. S.v. "nebula." Retrieved November 23, 2019, from https://thefreedictionary.com/nebulaDavis, C. J.; Smith, M. D.; Gledhill, T. M.; Varricatt, W. P. (2005). "Near-infrared echelle spectroscopy of protoplanetary nebulae: probing the fast wind in H 2". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 360 (1): 104–118. arXiv: astro-ph/0503327. Bibcode: 2005MNRAS.360..104D. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09018.x. S2CID 7727592. a b c James, Andrew (June 27, 2012). "The Great Orion Nebula: M42 & M43". Southern Astronomical Delights . Retrieved June 27, 2012. Controlling it is simple, using three buttons — power, rotation and sleep timer — and it is powered by a battery which you can charge with a USB-C cable. You're not tied to a power source like with the Homestar Flux, and you don't have to keep changing the batteries as you do with the National Geographic model—again — another happy medium. This is an unusual entry on our list, given that it only has one function. That said, we have included it in this guide as an inexpensive 'faff-free' star projector, though as we discussed in our BlissLights Starport USB star projector review, we use the term star projector loosely. The Orion Nebula is an example of a stellar nursery where new stars are being born. Observations of the nebula have revealed approximately 700 stars in various stages of formation within the nebula.

The H II region is surrounded by an irregular, concave bay of more neutral, high-density cloud, with clumps of neutral gas lying outside the bay area. This in turn lies on the perimeter of the Orion Molecular Cloud. The gas in the molecular cloud displays a range of velocities and turbulence, particularly around the core region. Relative movements are up to 10km/s (22,000mi/h), with local variations of up to 50km/s and possibly more. [38] A supernova occurs when a high-mass star reaches the end of its life. When nuclear fusion in the core of the star stops, the star collapses. The gas falling inward either rebounds or gets so strongly heated that it expands outwards from the core, thus causing the star to explode. [23] The expanding shell of gas forms a supernova remnant, a special diffuse nebula. [23] Although much of the optical and X-ray emission from supernova remnants originates from ionized gas, a great amount of the radio emission is a form of non-thermal emission called synchrotron emission. [23] This emission originates from high-velocity electrons oscillating within magnetic fields. The entirety of the Orion Nebula extends across a 1° region of the sky, and includes neutral clouds of gas and dust, associations of stars, ionized volumes of gas, and reflection nebulae. With Webb’s NIRCam ( Near-Infrared Camera) and MIRI ( Mid-Infrared Instrument), the game is afoot as new details are uncovered–including the first complete map of dust distribution –in the search for answers about the Crab Nebula’s origins. O'Dell, C. R.; etal. (2009). "The Three-Dimensional Dynamic Structure of the Inner Orion Nebula". Astronomical Journal. 137 (779): 367–382. arXiv: 0810.4375. Bibcode: 2001PASP..113...29O. doi: 10.1086/317982. S2CID 124923444.Considering its reasonable price tag and the many educational benefits it offers, we think this projector is a worthwhile investment for homeschooling or simply learning about space with your child. The dynamic gas motions in M42 are complex, but are trending out through the opening in the bay and toward the Earth. [38] The large neutral area behind the ionized region is currently contracting under its own gravity. Stars are forming throughout the entire Cloud Complex, but most of the young stars are concentrated in dense clusters like the one illuminating the Orion Nebula. [34] [35] Orion A molecular cloud from VISTA reveals many young stars and other objects. [36]