Take NGC 2023 above--this complex mixture of reflection and emission nebula resides about 5 arcminutes from B33, the famous
Horsehead Nebula, which draws more attention.
The
Horsehead Nebula lies in the constellation Orion, about 1300 light-years away, and is a popular target for amateur and professional astronomers alike.
It's lack of light pollution - the scourge of astronomers elsewhere in crowded Britain - means the 155,000-acre wilderness is a regular spot for "Star Camps" Enthusiasts at the gatherings have taken stunning images of objects including the galaxy NGC4565, constellation Ursa Major, and
Horsehead Nebula in Orion.
There is much that is beautiful and elegant in science; images of the
Horsehead Nebula have been credited with capturing the public's imagination and support for the Hubble Space Telescope.
27 In which constellation would you find the dark
Horsehead Nebula?
These photographs include the pinpoints of stellar light making up the M13 globular cluster, Venus transiting across the face of the sun, the
Horsehead nebula, the Crab pulsar, and the tentacles of the Tarantula nebula.
QUESTION 15 - for 15 points: In which constellation is the
Horsehead Nebula?
'In between the billions of stars there are dark, obscuring clouds in a variety of shapes, for example, the
horsehead nebula.
Infrared images of the spectacular
Horsehead Nebula, a large dust cloud 1,500 light years away in the constellation of Orion, have illuminated newly formed young stars embedded in the horse's "head".
OUT OF THIS WORLD He's seen
Horsehead Nebula, left, and Andromeda from shed
Mr Johnstone closed his talk with a series of photographs taken using the method described, including images of M33, M51 and the
Horsehead Nebula. He added that one of the main difficulties of film photography, as compared to modern CCD imaging, was the limited achievable dynamic range: it was very difficult, for example, to avoid burning out the nuclei of globular clusters if the outer cluster members were to be visible at all.