Beehive Proplyd
HH 540
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Star
- Magnitude (non-V band)
- 18.772 mag
- Magnitude band
- X
- Right ascension
- 83.825°
- Declination
- -5.5167°
- Designation
- HH 540
- IAU name adopted
- 2026-06-13
- Name language
- English
- Name origin (IAU)
- Infrared photographs of the outlayers of the Great Orion Nebula M42 show a structure around this Herbig Haro Object that resembles a beehive.
Source:IAU Working Group on Star Names · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
Related
Constellation
In everyday life
- Declination -5.5° — it rises above the horizon in Seoul (37.6° N), so it is visible from Korea in the right season.
- Its IAU name «Beehive Proplyd» comes from English (IAU Working Group on Star Names).
Worked out from this object's official values.