Horsehead Nebula
Horsehead Nebula
The Horsehead Nebula in Orion is part of a large cold cloud of gas and dust visible in white-orange colours. An orange-coloured cloud in the shape of a horse’s head emerges from the nebula in the lower half of the image. This nebula envelops young stars as if in a cocoon. Many other telescopes have captured images of the Horsehead Nebula, but none of them have been able to produce such a sharp and wide an image with just one observation.
