by Ann » Mon Nov 23, 2015 7:08 am
Oh wow, oh wow, oh wow!!!!
As a color nerd I find this explosion of color so beautiful that it would be given pride of place in the New York Museum of Modern Art if I had any say in the matter!
There are so many fantastic details in the picture that I don't know where to start. Note, however, that golden-orange Betelgeuse seems to be connected to Barnard's Loop via a stubby red "arm", making Betelgeuse itself look a little like a golden "fist" at the end of that arm. Round red Lambda Orionis Nebula is the big round "head" of this "man" (or woman?).
Note that we can see some red emission nebulosity to the right (west) of Alnilam, the middle star in Orion's Belt, and to the left (east) of blue supergiant Rigel. We can almost feel the power of Rigel and see how it has shed layers of gas before, which are now being illuminated by the star itself.
Note the Witch Head Nebula. But note, too, that there is another, reddish "Witch Head nebula" to the upper right of the real one. Note another dust sculpture, looking like a man with a big nose, to the upper left of the Witch Head Nebula.
Also note bright bluish reflection nebula M78 in a bright part of Barnard's Loop, to the upper right of the Horsehead Nebula. And to the upper right of M78 is an intricately shaped dark dust pillar, a convoluted relative of the famous "Pillars of Creation" - or even a relative of the Horsehead Nebula itself. The way this dark dust pillar pokes its head up over a wall of red nebulosity is also reminiscent of the Horsehead Nebula.
And note how the bright Rosette Nebula seems to be connected to a string of nebulas above and below it.
What a truly fantastic and stunningly beautiful image!!!
Ann
Oh wow, oh wow, oh wow!!!!
As a color nerd I find this explosion of color so beautiful that it would be given pride of place in the New York Museum of Modern Art if I had any say in the matter!
There are so many fantastic details in the picture that I don't know where to start. Note, however, that golden-orange Betelgeuse seems to be connected to Barnard's Loop via a stubby red "arm", making Betelgeuse itself look a little like a golden "fist" at the end of that arm. Round red Lambda Orionis Nebula is the big round "head" of this "man" (or woman?).
Note that we can see some red emission nebulosity to the right (west) of Alnilam, the middle star in Orion's Belt, and to the left (east) of blue supergiant Rigel. We can almost feel the power of Rigel and see how it has shed layers of gas before, which are now being illuminated by the star itself.
Note the Witch Head Nebula. But note, too, that there is another, reddish "Witch Head nebula" to the upper right of the real one. Note another dust sculpture, looking like a man with a big nose, to the upper left of the Witch Head Nebula.
Also note bright bluish reflection nebula M78 in a bright part of Barnard's Loop, to the upper right of the Horsehead Nebula. And to the upper right of M78 is an intricately shaped dark dust pillar, a convoluted relative of the famous "Pillars of Creation" - or even a relative of the Horsehead Nebula itself. The way this dark dust pillar pokes its head up over a wall of red nebulosity is also reminiscent of the Horsehead Nebula.
And note how the bright Rosette Nebula seems to be connected to a string of nebulas above and below it.
What a truly fantastic and stunningly beautiful image!!!
Ann