Space Walk: Orion Nebula

M42, the Orion Nebula, is one of the greatest objects to look at in a telescope. Even small telescopes show a beautiful flower-shaped nebula. In a dark sky, it is breathtaking.

Link to the mp3 audio file. Download the file to the device you will be using to listen to it in the field.

Orion Nebula Space Walk Among the Stars - audio

Images of the Orion Nebula taken by amateur astronomers.

Charts to accompany the Space Walk. Review these prior to observing with your telescope.

Chart 1: Finding the general area in the sky

Image of the area, with objects labeled. You will not see this much nebulosity, detail, or color in your telescope visually, but it should give  you an idea of what is what.  North is to the left, West is up.

Chart 2: Spacebird's-eye view of the objects. The galaxy's center is behind us on our right side.

Chart adapted from Our Galaxy 2.0.