IC 434 (Gary Imm)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Orion (Ori) · Contains: 48 sig Ori · 50 zet Ori · Alnitak · B33 · Flame Nebula · Horsehead nebula · IC 432 · IC 434 · IC 435 · NGC 2023 · NGC 2024 · Orion B · PGC 178620 · Sh2-277 · The star Alnitak (ζOri) · The star σOri · VdB51

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The Horsehead Nebula is a beautiful dark nebula located 1600 light years away in the constellation of Orion. It is the most recognized dark nebula in the sky because of the shape of its swirling cloud of dark dust and gases, which bears resemblance to a horse's head when viewed from Earth. The dark cloud of dust and gas is a region in the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex where star formation is taking place. One newly formed star is visible on the horse’s brow. The width of the dark nebula is 2 light years.

The reddish glow is from hydrogen gas behind the nebula, ionized by the bright star Sigma Orionis at the top center of the image. Magnetic fields steer the gases into streams, shown in the image as vertical streaks in the background glow.

Numerous other wonderful objects are in the same view, including the bright star Alnitak, the Flame Nebula (NGC 2024), the reflection nebula NGC 2023 (also known as LBN 954), and the 2 smaller IC nebulae. I like the reddish glow of IC 432 at far left.

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The “AstroBin Image of the Day and Top Picks”, or IOTD/TP, is a long-running system to promote beautiful, interesting, peculiar, or otherwise amazing astrophotographs, with a focus on technical excellence. Learn more.

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Views by Submitters (available since September 19th, 2023) Every image is assigned to 50% of available Submitters. In the event that at least 80% of them don't view the image before its time in the IOTD/TP process expires, it's assigned to the other 50% of Submitters and the process begins anew.
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Early dismissal Staff members have a lot of images to inspect on a daily basis, and they can dismiss images if they believe they don't meet the requirements for IOTD/TP selection. If an image is dismissed 5 times, it's removed from the process. This streamlines the process and ensures that any bias present in promotions could be overruled by other staff members.

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RA (center)	05h41m02s.846
RA (top/left)	05h37m48s.381
RA (top/right)	05h39m11s.416
RA (bottom/right)	05h44m17s.549
RA (bottom/left)	05h42m54s.830

Dec (center)	-02°27′39″.19
Dec (top/left)	-01°36′08″.62
Dec (top/right)	-03°32′46″.75
Dec (bottom/right)	-03°19′08″.69
Dec (bottom/left)	-01°22′31″.16

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