The Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33) is
a dark globule of dust and non-luminous gas, obscuring the light coming from behind
(star sigma Orionis) which projects the dark shape of the head of a horse.
Image below is obtained
through a Celestron refractor 102mm/f:5 (Pixcel 237 CCD, - 25 degree Celsius,
120 second exposure). North is left.
Four
"raw" images, 120 second each, are digitally processed and enhanced
courtesy by Larry Denmark.
Wide field image of Horsehead through
a Celestron refractor (102mm/f5, 30 minutes exposure on Fujicolor 800). East
from brightest star on this image, zeta Orionis, is the nebula NGC
2024.
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