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(42,239 posts) Sat Apr 20, 2013, 04:16 AM Apr 2013

Horsehead Nebula: Herschel telescope images astronomical classic



Europe's Herschel space telescope has imaged one of the most popular subjects in the sky - the Horsehead Nebula - and its environs.

The distinctively shaped molecular gas cloud is sited some 1,300 light-years from Earth in the Constellation Orion.

It is in a region of space undergoing active star formation - something Herschel has been most keen to study.

The Hubble space observatory has also returned to the Horsehead scene, to celebrate 23 years in orbit.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22217334
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Horsehead Nebula: Herschel telescope images astronomical classic (Original Post) dipsydoodle Apr 2013 OP
Beautiful. Granny M Apr 2013 #1
My dang phone libodem Apr 2013 #2
The iconic 1888 picture from the 1960's astronomy books of my childhood looked nothing like that... hunter Apr 2013 #3
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