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Horsehead and Orion Nebulas
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Barnard's Loop & LDN1622 & M78 &The Horsehead, Flame and IC434 Nebulae
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Blue Horsehead Reflection Nebula
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The Horsehead Nebula
The Horsehead Nebula is one of the most famous nebulae on the sky.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: IC 4592: The Blue Horsehead Reflection Nebula
Do you see the horse's head? What you are seeing is not the famous Horsehead nebula toward Orion but rather a fainter nebula that only takes on a familiar form with deeper imaging.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Orion in Red and Blue
When did Orion become so flashy? This colorful rendition of part of the constellation of Orion comes from red light emitted by hydrogen and sulfur (SII), and blue-green light emitted by oxygen (OIII).
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: From the Galactic Plane through Antares
Behold one of the most photogenic regions of the night sky, captured impressively.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: The Blue Horsehead Nebula in Infrared
The Blue Horsehead Nebula looks quite different in infrared light.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: NGC 2023 in the Horsehead's Shadow
Carved by a bright young star in Orion's dusty molecular clouds, NGC 2023 is often overlooked in favor of the nearby dramatic silhouette of the Horsehead Nebula
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Horsehead: A Wider View
Combined image data from the massive, ground-based VISTA telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope was used to create this wide perspective of the interstellar landscape surrounding the famous Horsehead Nebula
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