Nebula
A vast stellar nursery visible to the naked eye, where thousands of new stars are being born.
| Type | Nebula |
|---|---|
| Nebula type | Emission |
| Distance from Earth | 1,340 ly |
| Diameter | 227,000,000,000,000 km |
| Mass | 3.98 × 10^33 kg |
| Temperature | 9,727°C |
| Apparent magnitude | 4 |
| Redshift | 0 |
| Hemisphere | Southern |
| Discovered | 1610 |
At 227,000,000,000,000 km across, Orion Nebula is 17,815,099,670 times the diameter of Earth.
Its mass is 666,443,403 times the mass of Earth.
The light reaching us from Orion Nebula tonight left it around 1,344 years ago.
Of the 11 nebulas these pages cover, only 1 lie closer to us.
An average temperature of 10,000 K works out at 9,727 degrees Celsius, warmer than the 15 degrees Earth averages.
It has been on record since 1610.
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