Horsehead nebula

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The easy to identify Horsehead and nearby Flame (or Christmas Tree) nebulae are invisible wonders in what many Australians refer-to as the Saucepan, the base of which, is really Orion's Belt. Everything in this picture is invisible to the unaided eye, except for one or two of the brightest stars. Taken with a 4" Takahashi Apo refractor telescope with f3.7 reducer. f.l = 220mm. SBIG 3.2 megapixel cooled ccd camera with Astrodon RB, Ha and OIII filters. Total Exposure Time: 17.3 hours.

Horsehead Nebula

Here's a view of the famous Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33) located 1,375 light-years away under the first star in Orion's belt. This is a color-composite made from images acquired with Hubble in wide-band infrared in Oct.-Nov. 2012. (PI Z. Levay). In optical light it appears dark.

IC-434 The Horsehead Nebula cropped mobile wallpaper 1080x2400

The Horsehead Nebula viewed in infrared using data from @NASAHubble - https://t.co/M4tCWAXkMA

IC-434 the Horsehead Nebula & Flame Nebula in Orion Constellation by Richard Towsdale cropped mobile wallpaper 1080x2400

NeedSpace | Cool Space Stuff on Instagram: “What do you see in this nebula👀 ⠀ ⠀ Personally, I see a raging fire. This is the Horsehead Nebula, a small dark nebula in the constellation…”

The Flame Nebula (NGC 2024) is an emission nebula located 1,350 light years away in the constellation Orion. It is illuminated by the supergiant Alnitak, the easternmost star of Orion's Belt.

The Horsehead & Flame Nebula & Bright star Alnitak by Marzena Rogozińska cropped mobile wallpaper 1080x2400

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Great Orion, Horsehead and Flame Nebula

The Blue Horsehead Nebula (IC 4592) is a photogenic reflection nebula in the constellation Scorpius. In the northern hemisphere, it is a summer astrophotography target that lies close to the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex. After many years of admiring gorgeous images of this deep-sky target, I finally photographed the Blue Horsehead Nebula myself in the summer of 2022. To produce the image, I used a compact refractor telescope (Radian 61) riding on top of the Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer GTi.