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Lets begin with M42, M43, and M78:

λ Orionis 05h35m08.28s 05h35.138m

84.2

M42 05h35m17.30s 05h35.288m

84.2

M43 05h35m36.00s 05h35.600m

84.3

M78 05h46m42.00s 05h46.700m

87.1

 Orion Nebula M42  4.00  05° 23′ S 05h 32m 84.2
  M43  9.00  05° 16' S 05h 32m 84.3
  M78  8.30  00° 03′ N 05h 43m 87.1

In space M43 and M42 are close to Hatysa (ι):

But in time they are close to Heka:

Khufu Khafre   Menkaure -
Ga1-18 Ga1-19 Ga1-20 Ga1-21
Mintaka (82.4), χ Aurigae (82.5), ε Columbae (82.6) Al Hak'ah-3 / Mrigashīrsha-5 / Turtle-20 Three Stars-21 / ANA-IVA (7) ο Aurigae (85.8), γ Leporis (85.9)

Yang Mun

Arneb, Crab Nebula (83.0, φ¹ Orionis (83.1), HEKA, Orion Nebula (83.2), M43 (83.3), Hatysa, M36 (83.5), φ² Orionis (83.6), Alnilam (83.7) Heavenly Gate, ν Columbae (84.0), ALNITAK, PHAKT (Phaet) (84.7)
June 11 12 June 13 (530) 14 (165)
ºJune 7 (156 / 2 = *78) 8 ºJune 9 (160) 10 (*81)
'May 15 16 (136) 'May 17 (137) 18 (*58)
"May 1 2 (122) "May 3 (*43) 4 (490)
 Alwaid, Maasym (265.1), Shaula (265.3), Kuma (265.6), σ Arae (265.9)

Hamal

Ras Alhague (266.1), Sargas (266.3), μ Ophiuchi, π Arae (266.5), Nan Hae (266.6),  ι Herculis (266.7) λ Arae (267.1), Girtab, ο Serpentis (267.6) Kelb Alrai, μ Arae (268.1), Kew Ho (268.6), η Pavonis (268.7), Apollyon (268.9)
11 (*265) 12 (346) December 13 (713) 14 (*268)
7 8 (342) ºDecember 9 (709) 10 (344)
14 (318) 15 'November 16 (*240) 17 (321)
31 (*590) "November 1 "November 2 (*226) 3 (307)

M78 is close to the equator in the sky and in time close to μ Columbae:

Ga1-22 Ga1-23 Ga1-24 Ga1-25 Ga1-26
 μ Columbae, M78 (86.1), Saiph (86.5), τ Aurigae, ζ Leporis (86.6) υ Aurigae (87.1), ν Aurigae (87.2), Wezn, M37 (87.6), δ Leporis (87.7), Tze (87.9) Ardra-6 / ANA-VARU (8) η Leporis (89.0), Praja-pāti, Menkalinan, Mahashim, and γ Columbae (89.3), π Aurigae (89.4), η Columbae (89.7) μ Orionis (90.3), χ² Orionis (90.5)
ξ Aurigae (88.1), BETELGEUZE (88.3), ξ Columbae (88.5), σ Columbae (88.7)

Zuben Elgenubi

June 15 16 17 (168) 18 19 (*90)
ºJune 11 12 13 (164) 14 (*85) 15
'May 19 20 (140) 21 22 23 (*63)
"May 5 6 (126) 7 8 9 (*49)
Muliphen (269.0), Basanismus (269.5), Pherkard (269.9) Ptolemy Cluster (270.5) Rukbalgethi Genubi (271.1), ξ Herculis (271.5), Etamin, ν Herculis (271.7), ν Ophiuchi (271.8) ζ Serpentis (272.4), τ Ophiuchi (272.9) Winnowing Basket-7
18h (273.4)
NASH (273.7), θ Arae (273.8)
December 15 16 (350) 17 18 19 (*273)
ºDecember 11 12 (*266) 13 14 (348) 15
'November 18 19 20 (324) 21 22 (*246)
"November 4 5 (*229) 6 (310) 7 8