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Flame of Orion
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/WISE Team
A flame burns in the Belt of Orion in this image from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer.
A Horse in the Sky
Image Credit: NASA, NOAO, ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Acknowledgment: K. Noll (Hubble Heritage PI/STScI), C. Luginbuhl (USNO), F. Hamilton (Hubble Heritage/STScI)
Like a giant horse sticking his head up from a ocean of dust and gas, the Horsehead Nebula is one of the most recognized objects in the sky. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope took this closeup image in April 2001. We cannot see it with our eyes, but the nebula is in the constellation of Orion, the hunter. It lies just south of Zeta Orionis, the left hand star in Orion’s belt.
A Horse in the Sky
Image Credit: NASA, NOAO, ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Acknowledgment: K. Noll (Hubble Heritage PI/STScI), C. Luginbuhl (USNO), F. Hamilton (Hubble Heritage/STScI)
Like a giant horse sticking his head up from a ocean of dust and gas, the Horsehead Nebula is one of the most recognized objects in the sky. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope took this closeup image in April 2001. We cannot see it with our eyes, but the nebula is in the constellation of Orion, the hunter. It lies just south of Zeta Orionis, the left hand star in Orion’s belt.
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