The Horsehead Nebula - Halpha

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The Horsehead Nebula - Halpha
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Description

The Horsehead Nebula (also known as Barnard 33 in emission nebula IC 434) is a dark nebula in the constellation Orion. The nebula is located just to the south of the star Alnitak, which is farthest east on Orion's Belt, and is part of the much larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex. [wikipedia]

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