Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Scorpius (Sco)  ·  Contains:  IC 4592  ·  IC 4601  ·  The star Graffias (β1Sco)  ·  The star β2Sco  ·  The star νSco  ·  The star ψOph  ·  The star ω1Sco  ·  The star ω2Sco
Blue Horse Head, Paul Storey
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Blue Horse Head

Blue Horse Head, Paul Storey
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Blue Horse Head

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The main part of the above imaged molecular cloud complex is a reflection nebula cataloged as IC 4592. Reflection nebulas are actually made up of very fine dust that normally appears dark but can look quite blue when reflecting the light of energetic nearby stars. In this case, the source of much of the reflected light is a star at the eye of the horse. That star is part of Nu Scorpii, one of the brighter star systems toward the constellation of the Scorpion Scorpius. A second reflection nebula dubbed IC 4601 is visible surrounding two stars on the right of the image center.

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Blue Horse Head, Paul Storey