Messier 42

GPTKB entity

Statements (94)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Nebula_Award
gptkbp:age about 1 million years
gptkbp:apparent_magnitude 4.0
gptkbp:contains young stars
gas and dust
protoplanetary disks
Trapezium stars
gptkbp:coordinates 05h 35m 17.3s, -05° 23′ 28″
gptkbp:discovered_by gptkb:Pierre_Méchain
gptkb:Charles_Messier
gptkbp:discovery_year 1771
gptkbp:distance_from_earth approximately 1,344 light years
gptkbp:emissions_standard gptkb:true
gptkbp:exhibition gptkb:Messier_1
gptkbp:features stellar nursery
gptkbp:has_brightest_region Trapezium
gptkbp:has_gas_and_dust gptkb:true
gptkbp:has_high_star_formation_rate gptkb:true
gptkbp:has_spectral_type gptkb:region
O and B type stars
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Messier 42
gptkbp:is_a gptkb:star
gptkbp:is_associated_with star formation
gptkbp:is_described_as astronomical literature
gptkbp:is_home_to gptkb:Herbig-Haro_objects
massive stars
protoplanetary disks
various types of stars
gptkbp:is_known_for gptkb:its_beauty
its bright colors
its star clusters
its dust lanes
its ionized gas
its gas clouds
gptkbp:is_located_at Declination -5° 27' 0"
Right Ascension 5h 35m 17.3s
gptkbp:is_located_in gptkb:Orion_constellation
gptkbp:is_located_near gptkb:Betelgeuse
gptkb:Bellatrix
gptkb:Rigel
gptkbp:is_observed_in gptkb:Spitzer_Space_Telescope
gptkb:Chandra_X-ray_Observatory
gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:Orion_Arm_of_the_Milky_Way
gptkb:Orion_constellation
gptkb:Orion_Molecular_Cloud_Complex
gptkb:Orion_constellation's_belt
gptkb:Messier_catalog
gptkb:the_Milky_Way_galaxy
gptkb:Orion_constellation's_sword
gptkb:Milky_Way_galaxy
the Local Group of galaxies
star-forming regions in the Milky Way
gptkbp:is_popular_among amateur astronomers
gptkbp:is_popular_in amateur astronomy
astrophotography
gptkbp:is_studied_for gptkb:interstellar_medium
gptkb:cosmology
chemical composition
molecular clouds
stellar dynamics
stellar evolution
stellar populations
gptkbp:is_studied_in gptkb:astronomy
astrophysics
infrared observations
optical observations
radio observations
gptkbp:is_surrounded_by dark nebulae
gptkbp:is_visible_from gptkb:Earth
gptkb:sunglasses
gptkb:true
naked eye
northern hemisphere
telescopes
winter months
radio waves
southern hemisphere
infrared light
optical light
gptkbp:known_as gptkb:Orion_Nebula
gptkbp:lighting magnitude 4.0
gptkbp:located_in gptkb:Orion_constellation
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Messier_catalog
gptkbp:photography gptkb:astronomy
gptkbp:size about 24 light years across
approximately 24 light years across
gptkbp:type gptkb:Nebula_Award
diffuse nebula
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Orion_Nebula
gptkb:The_Orion_Nebula
gptkb:Messier_catalog
gptkb:Orion's_Nebula
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5