Nebula by L.A. Sees6/20/2023 It is one of the nearest and most easily photographed regions in which massive stars are being formed. The cloud also contains other well-known objects such as the Great Orion Nebula (M42), the Flame Nebula, and Barnard's Loop. The nebula is part of the Orion Molecular Cloud, located about 1,500 light-years away in the constellation Orion. During that time, it has benefited from a slew of upgrades from space shuttle missions, including the 2009 addition of a new imaging workhorse, the high-resolution Wide Field Camera 3 that took the new portrait of the Horsehead. Hubble has been producing ground-breaking science for two decades. The rich tapestry of the Horsehead Nebula pops out against the backdrop of Milky Way stars and distant galaxies that easily are visible in infrared light. It appears transparent and ethereal when seen at infrared wavelengths. The nebula is a favorite target for amateur and professional astronomers. Looking like an apparition rising from whitecaps of interstellar foam, the iconic Horsehead Nebula has graced astronomy books ever since its discovery more than a century ago. WASHINGTON - Astronomers have used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to photograph the iconic Horsehead Nebula in a new, infrared light to mark the 23rd anniversary of the famous observatory's launch aboard the space shuttle Discovery on April 24, 1990.
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