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Loading contentLower Sword is a cluster with nebulosity in the constellation Orion. It shines at apparent magnitude 2.5 and spans about 9.3 arcminutes of sky.
Guidance follows standard observing practice, derived from the object's real magnitude and position. A dark, moonless sky always helps.
| Object | Type | Mag | Size (′) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Orion NebulaM 42 · NGC 1976 | Cluster with nebulosity | 4 | 90 |
| Upper SwordNGC 1981 | Cluster with nebulosity | 4.2 | 9 |
| NGC 1788NGC 1788 | Reflection nebula | 5.8 | 2 |
| NGC 2169NGC 2169 | Open cluster | 5.9 | 7.2 |
| NGC 1662NGC 1662 | Open cluster | 6.4 | 13.8 |
| NGC 2175NGC 2175 | Cluster with nebulosity | 6.8 | 5.4 |
| NGC 1973NGC 1973 | Nebula | 7 | 5 |
| NGC 1975NGC 1975 | Nebula | 7 | 10 |
Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.
Openly-licensed deep-sky catalogue: object types, positions, magnitudes, sizes, morphology, and cross-identifiers.