Messier 78
Reflection nebula in the constellation Orion
Also known as M78
- Instance of
Overview
All data
27 statements · 85% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Catalog code
- M 78 catalog: Messier object
1
- NGC 2068 catalog: New General Catalogue
1
- IRAS 05442-0000 catalog: IRAS
1
- Ced 55u catalog: Q3663263
1
- [KPS2012] MWSC 0664 catalog: Global survey of star clusters in the Milky Way. III. 139 new open clusters at high Galactic latitudes
1
- M 78 catalog: Messier object
- Discovered
- 1780
1
- 1780
- Distance from Earth
- 1,600 ly
1
- 1,600 ly
- Redshift
- 0.000211
1
- 0.000211
- Radius
- 2 ly
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- 2 ly
- Declination
- 0.07917 degree
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- 0.07917 degree
- Right ascension
- 86.6908 degree
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- 86.6908 degree
- Radial velocity
- 63.3 kilometre per second
- Right ascension component of proper motion
- -0.93 milliarcsecond per year
- Declination component of proper motion
- -4.5 milliarcsecond per year
On other databases
3 identifiers linking Messier 78 across the web's reference databases