Tag: horsehead nebula
A Horse in the Sky
by CritterKeeper on Jun.02, 2010, under Bugs, birds and other animals
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.
Intense Flames
by CritterKeeper on Jan.15, 2010, under Plants/Flowers
Credit: ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA.
What looks like a flame, or a cosmic jellyfish, is seen shooting out of the rich star–forming region of the Flame Nebula. Also known as NGC 2024, the Flame Nebula shows a bright group of stars lighting up the region with the core completely hidden behind a pillar of dust. Intense ultraviolet light and strong winds come from bright, new stars deep in the heart of the Flame Nebula. The ultraviolet light excites atoms inside the nebula causing it to glow. Usually we see great images like this from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. This image comes to us from the giant, 4.1-meter VISTA telescope, the world’s largest survey telescope.
A Horse in the Sky
by CritterKeeper on Jul.31, 2009, under Bugs, birds and other animals
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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