Horsehead Nebula

noun

1. a dark nebula in the constellation Orion, composed of opaque cosmic dust and resembling the head of a horse.

Horsehead nebula

/ ˈhɔːsˌhɛd /

noun

1. astronomy a dark nebula lying in the constellation of Orion and resembling the head of a horse

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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured the sharpest infrared images to date of a zoomed-in portion of one of the most distinctive objects in our skies, the Horsehead Nebula.

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Rising from turbulent waves of dust and gas is the Horsehead Nebula, otherwise known as Barnard 33, which resides roughly 1,300 light-years away.

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The Horsehead Nebula is a well-known photodissociation region, or PDR.

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Due to its proximity and its nearly edge-on geometry, the Horsehead Nebula is an ideal target for astronomers to study the physical structures of PDRs and the molecular evolution of the gas and dust within their respective environments, and the transition regions between them.

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The Horsehead Nebula, in the constellation Orion, is 1,300 light-years away.

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