Where is the Orion Nebula?

The Great Orion Nebula (M42, NGC 1976) is located in the reflection nebula of Orion. It was discovered by the Dutch astronomer Huygens in 1656, with a diameter of about 16 light years, an apparent magnitude of 4, and a distance of 1500 light years from the Earth. The same position is also in China's star names "Vai" and "Vai".

The Orion Nebula is visible to the naked eye and is one of the indicators to identify Orion. Orion Nebula is one of the most important objects photographed by astrophotography enthusiasts and large telescopes of the Observatory. 1On September 30th, 880, Henry draper successfully photographed the nebula next to the quadrupole star of Orion after 15 minutes of exposure. Now we can shoot the pink light of Orion and Orion nebula for five minutes with a wide-angle lens camera.

The square star in the center of the nebula is one of the targets for observing and studying the birth of stars, and photographing the details of the nearby nebula is also the object to test astrophotography, telescope resolution and post-processing kung fu.