Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  31 Ori  ·  46 Ori)  ·  46 eps Ori  ·  48 Ori  ·  48 sig Ori  ·  50 Ori)  ·  50 zet Ori  ·  Alnilam  ·  Alnitak  ·  B33  ·  Flame Nebula  ·  Horsehead nebula  ·  IC 431  ·  IC 432  ·  IC 434  ·  IC 435  ·  LBN 913  ·  LBN 924  ·  LBN 935  ·  LBN 940  ·  LBN 944  ·  LBN 946  ·  LBN 950  ·  LBN 953  ·  LBN 954  ·  LBN 958  ·  LBN 962  ·  LBN 965  ·  LDN 1630  ·  LDN 1635  ·  And 13 more.
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SH2-277/ Barnard 33, The Horsehead nebula and friends, Roy Hagen
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A quick visit to a beautiful area of the night sky with the fast little refractor
The Bright star in Orion`s belt, close to The Flame and the Horse head is called Alnitak
The other bright star in Orion’s belt is called Alnilam
The Horsehead nebula was discovered by Wilhelmina Fleming in 1888 and named by Edward Emerson.
Barnard who described, it as "Dark mass, diam. 4′, on nebulous strip extending south from
ζ Orionis", (Wikipedia) and catalogued the nebula as B33.
The nebula is a part oft the much larger region LDN1630. (LDN: Lynds catalogue of Dark Nebula, published in 1962)
NGC2024 The Flame nebula
IC434, Emission nebula, star forming region
IC432, Reflection nebula
IC431, Reflection nebula
IC435, Reflection nebula
NGC2023, emission and reflection nebula discovered by William Herschel in 1785
NG2024, SH2-277 The Flame nebula, emission nebula , discovered by William Herschel in 178

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