Friday, May 15, 2015

APOD 4.8


The Horsehead Nebula is 1,500 light years away in the Orion cloud complex. It's an interstellar dust cloud sculpted by winds and radiation. It is cataloged as Barnard 33 and can only be seen as it is against the red glow of emission nebula IC 434. The shape of the nebula is really cool. 

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