Image No. 14
The Horse Head Nebula
The Horsehead Nebula (also known as Barnard 33 in bright nebula IC 434) is in the constellation Orion. Located just below (to the south of) Alnitak, the star farthest left on Orion's Belt, and is part of the much larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex. It is approximately 1500 light years from Earth. It is one of the most identifiable nebulae because of the shape of its swirling cloud of dark dust and gases, resembling a horse's head.
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