Nebulae in Orion
34 CATALOGUEDClouds of gas and dust: the places stars are born, and the wreckage they leave when they die.
ALL CLASSESPLANETARY NEBULA · 130NEBULA · 94H II REGION · 83NEBULA WITH CLUSTER · 67REFLECTION NEBULA · 38SUPERNOVA REMNANT · 11EMISSION NEBULA · 8DARK NEBULA · 2
BY CONSTELLATION · 56 REGIONS
ALL SKYDORADO · 67SAGITTARIUS · 35ORION · 34CYGNUS · 27MONOCEROS · 22CARINA · 20TAURUS · 17CEPHEUS · 16SCORPIUS · 14CASSIOPEIA · 13URSA MAJOR · 12AQUILA · 11PERSEUS · 10TRIANGULUM · 9AURIGA · 7CENTAURUS · 7VULPECULA · 7COMA BERENICES · 6MENSA · 6OPHIUCHUS · 6ARA · 5CORONA AUSTRALIS · 5PUPPIS · 5TUCANA · 5VELA · 5CANIS MAJOR · 4GEMINI · 4LUPUS · 4MUSCA · 4CAMELOPARDALIS · 3HERCULES · 3HYDRA · 3SAGITTA · 3AQUARIUS · 2CHAMAELEON · 2DELPHINUS · 2DRACO · 2ERIDANUS · 2LYRA · 2NORMA · 2PYXIS · 2SCUTUM · 2SERPENS · 2TRIANGULUM AUSTRALE · 2ANDROMEDA · 1CETUS · 1CIRCINUS · 1CORVUS · 1CRUX · 1FORNAX · 1GRUS · 1LACERTA · 1LEPUS · 1PEGASUS · 1TELESCOPIUM · 1VIRGO · 1
The 34 catalogued below lie inside the IAU boundaries of Orion. Everything else in Orion →
Flame Nebula
H II region
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11.00 B
Orion
Great Orion Nebula★
Nebula with cluster
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1344 ly
4.00 V
Orion
Horsehead Nebula
Dark nebula
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Orion
IC 2159
Nebula
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Orion
IC 2162
H II region
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Orion
IC 420
Nebula
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Orion
IC 423
Nebula
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Orion
IC 424
Nebula
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Orion
IC 426
Nebula
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Orion
IC 427
Nebula
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Orion
IC 428
Nebula
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Orion
IC 429
Nebula
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Orion
IC 430
Nebula
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14.40 V
Orion
IC 431
Reflection nebula
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Orion
IC 432
Reflection nebula
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Orion
IC 435
Reflection nebula
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Orion
Lower Sword
Nebula with cluster
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2.50 V
Orion
M78★
Reflection nebula
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8.00 V
Orion
Mairan's Nebula
H II region
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9.00 V
Orion
Monkey Head Nebula
Nebula
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Orion
NGC 1788
Reflection nebula
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5.80 B
Orion
NGC 1973
Nebula
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7.00 B
Orion
NGC 1975
Nebula
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7.00 B
Orion
NGC 1999
Reflection nebula
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9.50 B
Orion
NGC 2022
Planetary nebula
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8213 ly
11.60 V
Orion
NGC 2023
Reflection nebula
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Orion
NGC 2024
Nebula
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Orion
NGC 2064
Reflection nebula
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Orion
NGC 2067
Reflection nebula
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Orion
NGC 2071
Nebula with cluster
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8.00 B
Orion
NGC 2163
Reflection nebula
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Orion
NGC 2175
Nebula with cluster
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6.80 V
Orion
the Running Man Nebula
Nebula with cluster
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Orion
Upper Sword
Nebula with cluster
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4.20 V
Orion
34 OBJECTS