Orion

2419 OBJECTS
RIGELBETELGEUSEGREAT ORION NEBULAM78ALNITAK
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Orion · 45° of sky top to bottom · stars to magnitude 6.5 · figure by the IAU and Sky & Telescope

Orion holds 2419 catalogued objects: 1999 stars, 327 galaxies, 40 exoplanets, 34 nebulae, 11 star clusters, 8 unclassified.

STARS · 1999GALAXIES · 327EXOPLANETS · 40NEBULAE · 34STAR CLUSTERS · 11UNCLASSIFIED · 8
[

THE FAMOUS ONES

] 4 ENTRIES
NAME
CLASS
MASS
DISTANCE
MAG
CONSTELLATION
Rigel★
B8Ia blue-white supergiant
—
862.8 ly
0.18 V
Orion
Betelgeuse★
M1-M2Ia-Iab red supergiant
—
497.9 ly
0.45 V
Orion
Great Orion Nebula★
Nebula with cluster
—
1344 ly
4.00 V
Orion
M78★
Reflection nebula
—
—
8.00 V
Orion
[

BRIGHTEST OBJECTS

] 12 SHOWN
NAME
CLASS
MASS
DISTANCE
MAG
CONSTELLATION
Rigel★
B8Ia blue-white supergiant
—
862.8 ly
0.18 V
Orion
Betelgeuse★
M1-M2Ia-Iab red supergiant
—
497.9 ly
0.45 V
Orion
Bellatrix
B2III blue-white giant
—
252.4 ly
1.64 V
Orion
Alnilam
B0Ia blue-white supergiant
—
1977 ly
1.69 V
Orion
NGC 1990
Star
—
—
1.69 V
Orion
Alnitak
O9.7Ib+B0III blue supergiant
—
736.2 ly
1.74 V
Orion
Saiph
B0.5Ia blue-white supergiant
—
647.1 ly
2.07 V
Orion
Mintaka
O9.5IINwk blue bright giant
—
692.5 ly
2.25 V
Orion
Lower Sword
Nebula with cluster
—
—
2.50 V
Orion
Hatysa
O9IIIvar blue giant
—
2330 ly
2.75 V
Orion
Tabit
F6V yellow-white main-sequence star
—
26.32 ly
3.19 V
Orion
28 η Ori
B1V+B2: blue-white main-sequence star
—
976.5 ly
3.35 V
Orion