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