by APOD Robot » Tue Dec 17, 2019 5:06 am
The Horsehead Nebula
Explanation: Sculpted by stellar winds and radiation, a magnificent interstellar dust cloud by chance has assumed this
recognizable shape. Fittingly named the
Horsehead Nebula, it is some 1,500 light-years
distant, embedded in the vast
Orion cloud complex. About five light-years "tall", the dark cloud is cataloged as
Barnard 33 and is visible only because its
obscuring dust is silhouetted against the glowing red emission nebula IC 434.
Stars are forming within the dark cloud.
Contrasting blue reflection nebula NGC 2023, surrounding a hot, young
star, is at the lower left of
the full image. The featured gorgeous
color image combines both
narrowband and
broadband images recorded using several different telescopes.
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