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Bookmark or Share- The Horsehead Nebula: A Dark Cloud With a Familiar ShapeThe Horsehead Nebula is part of the Orion Molecular Cloud complex. The nebula is a cloud of cold gas and dust in the shape of a horse's head. Bright nearby stars are backlighting the nebula. Their radiation will eventually eat away at the cloud and eventually destroy it in about five billion years.
- National Optical Astronomy Observatory: HorseheadThe Horsehead Nebula, a part of the optical nebula IC434 and also known as Barnard 33, was first recorded in 1888 on a photographic plate taken at the Harvard College Observatory. Its coincidental appearance as the profile of a horse's head and neck has led to its becoming one of the most familiar astronomical objects.
- NASA - Horsehead NebulaHorsehead Nebula The Horsehead Nebula, embedded in the vast and complex Orion Nebula, is seen in this representative-color image from the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope in Hawaii. The dark molecular cloud, roughly 1,500 light years distant, is visible only because its obscuring dust is silhouetted against another, brighter nebula.
- Horsehead Nebula - Facts About The Horsehead Nebula ...The Horsehead Nebula is around 1,500 light years from Earth and is located in the constellation of Orion. Due to its recognizable shape the Horsehead Nebula is one of the most famous celestial objects. It is categorized as a dark nebula composed mainly of hydrogen gas and high levels of dust blocking out background light.
- Zooming in on the Horsehead Nebula (3D)This video zooms into part of the sky in the constellation of Orion (The Hunter), showing the new infrared Hubble observations of the Horsehead Nebula (otherwise known as Barnard 33). The video...
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