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Description Orion Nebula (M42) - graphic by Charles Messier
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Source Stoyan R. et al. Atlas of the Messier Objects: Highlights of the Deep Sky. — Cambridge: Cambridge Univercity Press, 2008. — P. 33.
Author Charles Messier
Other versions An addition to the 1st version of the Messier Catalog in the Mémoires de l'Académie Royale for 1771, between pages 460 & 461: [1]

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