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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Horsehead and Orion Nebulas
NASA ^ | 10 Sep, 2024 | Image Credit & Copyright: Antoine & Dalia Grelin

Posted on 09/10/2024 1:49:46 PM PDT by MtnClimber

Explanation: The dark Horsehead Nebula and the glowing Orion Nebula are contrasting cosmic vistas. Adrift 1,500 light-years away in one of the night sky's most recognizable constellations, they appear in opposite corners of the above stunning mosaic. The familiar Horsehead nebula appears as a dark cloud, a small silhouette notched against the long glow of hydrogen -- here shown in gold -- at the lower left. Alnitak is the easternmost star in Orion's belt and is seen as the bright star to the left of the Horsehead. Just below Alnitak is the Flame Nebula, with clouds of bright emission and dramatic dark dust lanes. The magnificent emission region, the Orion Nebula (aka M42), lies at the upper right. Immediately to its left is a prominent reflection nebula sometimes called the Running Man. Pervasive tendrils of glowing hydrogen gas are easily traced throughout the region.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; nasa
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1 posted on 09/10/2024 1:49:46 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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2 posted on 09/10/2024 1:50:06 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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Pinging the APOD list

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3 posted on 09/10/2024 1:50:46 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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Not really seeing the Horsehead nebula in tht picture. Here's how it used to look to me:


4 posted on 09/10/2024 1:56:16 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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It’s a much wider field image. Look at the lower left 1/4th of the the image and the horsehead is almost centered in that section.


5 posted on 09/10/2024 2:22:53 PM PDT by ETCM (“There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.” — Ronald Reagan)
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Horse head??

Looks more like a scene from “Finding Nemo”, IMHO.


6 posted on 09/10/2024 2:57:20 PM PDT by Ken Regis (I concur )
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Wow.


7 posted on 09/10/2024 3:02:05 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Alas Babylon!

Awesome photo.


8 posted on 09/10/2024 3:02:15 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Alas Babylon!
It seems reversed in that photo. The photographers have taken a longer exposure to bring out many faint features that aren’t visible in a lot of photos of those objects. You really can’t see the Orion Nebula unless you know where to look. The Horsehead is there, but a little difficult to make out. The Flame Nebula is to the left of the Horsehead. Sometimes the Flame Nebula is called the Burning Bush Nebula. Think of it that way, it may be easier to see.

It’s a great photo for showing the really faint features in that area of the sky, but it’s hard to pick out the objects’ named in the APOD title.

9 posted on 09/10/2024 3:28:12 PM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: Alas Babylon!

I have a Canon EOS R6 camera and it can pick up a live view of the colors of the nebula in the viewfinder.
I remember using film and hoping something showed up when develop....


10 posted on 09/10/2024 7:43:44 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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Beautiful! That looks way better than that my brother made for me many years ago:


11 posted on 09/10/2024 8:39:52 PM PDT by Deaf and Discerning
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