Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Horse Head Nebula (Hail to the Chief): Abebe Kebede

This picture was take using Tzec Maun Robotic Telescope Located in Western Australia. The nebula is a dark globule of dust and non-luminous gas, obscuring the light coming from behind. It belongs to a huge cloud of gas and dust situated 1,600 light years away in the direction of constellation Orion. <READ MORE>

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