M41 lies about 4º south of Sirius, the brightest star in our sky. It contains about 100 stars, is about 2,300 light years distant and 200 million years old.

M42 is situated below Orion´s belt as the middle of three stars that form Orion´s sword. Visible to the naked eye, it is one of the brightest deep sky objects. If you look at this area through a pair of binoculars, you can see not one, but very many stars and, through a telescope, you can see some of the giant gas clouds. This nebula is part of the huge Orion Molecular Cloud, composed of gas and dust, which extends throughout the constellation of Orion and includes other nebulae.

M43 is part of the Orion Nebula, separated by a turbulent dark lane. De Mairan´s is visible in a 4-inch telescope with the dark features along its eastern border becoming clearer through an 8-inch upwards.

Easily visible to the naked eye, the Beehive Cluster has about 350 stars, is 577 light years distant and estimated at 730 million years old.

M45 - the Pleiades or Seven Sisters - is an open cluster in Taurus at 1.4 magnitude with a reflection nebula extending some distance beyond.

The Pleiades are at a distance of 440 light years, contain at least 500 stars and are estimated to be about 100 million years old.