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HorseHead Nebula

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HorseHead Nebula

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The Horsehead Nebula (also known as Barnard 33) is a small dark nebula in the constellation Orion. The nebula is located just to the south of Alnitak, the easternmost star of Orion's Belt, and is part of the much larger Orion molecular cloud complex.  Processed with HSO FITS subframes from Telescope Live.

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