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Name: Horsehead Nebula
Brand: Nebula
SKU: RH200ASI094NGC2023
Price: 33.1 USD
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Horsehead Nebula

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Object: 50 zet Ori, Alnitak, B33, Flame Nebula, Horsehead nebula, IC 434, IC 435, IC434, IC435, NGC 2023, NGC 2024, NGC2023, NGC2024, Orion, Orion B, Sh2-277, The star Alnitak (ζOri)

Object Type: Nebula

Type: Desktop

Telescope: Officina Stellare RH200

Camera: ZWO ASI094

Mount: ASA DDM60

Image Size: 7376 x 4928

Resolution: 0.832 arcsec/pixel

Field of View: 1.71º x 1.14º

Total Exposure: 13.13 Hours

RGB: 394x120s

The Horsehead Nebula (also known as Barnard 33) is a small dark nebula in the constellation Orion. The nebula is located just to the south of Alnitak, the easternmost star of Orion's Belt, and is part of the much larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex. It appears within the southern region of the dense dust cloud known as Lynds 1630, along the edge of the much larger, active star-forming H II region called IC 434.

The Horsehead Nebula is approximately 422 parsecs or 1375 light years from Earth.[3][1] It is one of the most identifiable nebulae because of its resemblance to a horse's head.

The nebula was first recorded in 1888 by Scottish astronomer Williamina Fleming on a photographic plate taken at the Harvard College Observatory. One of the first descriptions was made by E.E. Barnard, describing it as: "Dark mass, diam. 4′, on nebulous strip extending south from ζ Orionis.", cataloguing the dark nebula as Barnard 33.