ORION CONSTELLATION and NEBULA
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The hand cursor is to ensure compatibility with Netscape, but a click gets you nowhere, unless you click on the Orion Nebula itself. Betelgeuse - alpha Orionis Visual magnitude: 0.58 Distance: 427 +/- 76 light years Luminosity: 8161 +/- 3143 x Sun's luminosity Alnitak - zeta Orionis Visual magnitude: 1.89 Distance: 817 +/- 135 light years Luminosity: 8930 +/- 3196 x Sun's luminosity Alnilam - epsilon Orionis Visual magnitude: 1.70 Distance: 1342 +/- 366 light years Luminosity: 28681 +/- 17757 x Sun's luminosity mintaka - delta Orionis Visual magnitude: 2.41 Distance: 916 +/- 173 light years Luminosity: 6949 +/- 2876 x Sun's luminosity Bellatrix - gamma Orionis Visual magnitude: 1.64 Distance: 243 +/- 17 light years Luminosity: 994 +/- 140 x Sun's luminosity meissa - lambda Orionis Visual magnitude: 3.53 Distance: 1056 +/- 213 light years Luminosity: 3288 +/- 1459 x Sun's luminosity Gamma Monocerotis Visual magnitude: 3.98 Distance: 645 +/- 97 light years Luminosity: 810 +/- 263 x Sun's luminosity Arneb - alpha Leporis Visual magnitude: 2.56 Distance: 1284 +/- 284 light years Luminosity: 11889 +/- 5831 x Sun's luminosity Saiph - kappa Orionis Visual magnitude: 2.05 Distance: 722 +/- 105 light years Luminosity: 6005 +/- 1875 x Sun's luminosity eta Orionis Visual magnitude: 3.58 Distance: 901 +/- 176 light years Luminosity: 2288 +/- 982 x Sun's luminosity Rigel - beta Orionis Visual magnitude: 0.28 Distance: 773 +/- 124 light years Luminosity: 35170 +/- 12239 x Sun's luminosity Cursa - beta Eridani Visual magnitude: 2.76 Distance: 88.8 +/- 1.8 light years Luminosity: 47.3 +/- 1.9 x Sun's luminosity tau Orionis Visual magnitude: 3.57 Distance: 555 +/- 64 light years Luminosity: 875 +/- 214 x Sun's luminosity rho Orionis Visual magnitude: 4.49 Distance: 344 +/- 27 light years Luminosity: 144 +/- 24 x Sun's luminosity pi6 Orionis Visual magnitude: 4.47 Distance: 954 +/- 192 light years Luminosity: 1129 +/- 499 x Sun's luminosity pi5 Orionis Visual magnitude: 3.67 Distance: 1342 +/- 372 light years Luminosity: 4673 +/- 2945 x Sun's luminosity pi3 Orionis Visual magnitude: 3.18 Distance: 26.2 +/- 0.2 light years Luminosity: 2.79 +/- 0.04 x Sun's luminosity nu Tauri Visual magnitude: 3.88 Distance: 129 +/- 4 light years Luminosity: 35.7 +/- 2.4 x Sun's luminosity The Great Orion Nebula Name: M 42 Type of object: Bright nebula Magnitude: 4.0 Distance: 1600 light years ************ CLICK ************ my TAL-2M Telescope bathing in the light of the full moon my finder scope my home (with chimney)