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Description	M42m.jpg Orion Nebula (M42) - graphic by Charles Messier
Date	1771
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

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