The Great Nebula is easy to find. Find Orion and look for the "sword". It hangs from the "belt".
The fuzzy "star" in the belt is M42.
Here is a view of the bottom half of Orion, with M42 and M43 indicated.
![](http://members.cox.net/mbonadio/chart_m42.jpg)
To: MozartLover; Joan912; NovemberCharlie; snowfox; Dawgsquat; viligantcitizen; theDentist; ...
To: petuniasevan
Stars are really cool... :)
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12/20/2002 5:36:09 AM PST by
Joan912
To: petuniasevan
One of my favorite targets with the 'scope!
To: petuniasevan
Word that comes to mind is "heavenly"!
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