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February 08, 2019 | Image Album
Saddled up in the Orion Molecular Cloud is a horse-shaped object known as the Horsehead Nebula.
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The Horsehead and Flame Nebulas
Credit: Ron Brecher
Friday, February 8, 2019: Saddled up in the Orion Molecular Cloud is a horse-shaped object known as the Horsehead Nebula. This equestrian shape is a dark absorption nebula where dense clouds of dust and gas make it difficult for any light to shine through it. Also known as Barnard 33, the nebula is located about 1,500 light-years away from Earth in the Orion constellation. To its left is a bright emission nebula named NGC 2024, or the Flame Nebula. — Hanneke Weitering
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