Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  B33  ·  Flame Nebula  ·  Horsehead nebula  ·  IC 434  ·  LBN 953  ·  LBN 954  ·  NGC 2023  ·  Orion B  ·  Sh2-277

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    Barnard 33, Horsehead Nebula in Orion, José Joaquín Pérez
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    Barnard 33, Horsehead Nebula in Orion

    Image of the day 12/26/2021

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      Barnard 33, Horsehead Nebula in Orion, José Joaquín Pérez
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      Barnard 33, Horsehead Nebula in Orion

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      The image shows the famous "Horsehead Nebula", which is situated in the Orion molecular cloud complex. Its official name is Barnard 33, and it is a dust protrusion in the southern region of the dense dust cloud Lynds 1630, on the edge of the HII region IC 434 . The distance to the region is about 1400 light-years (430 pc) (Extracted from eso.org)

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      Barnard 33, Horsehead Nebula in Orion, José Joaquín Pérez