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  2. IC 434 - Wikipedia

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    IC 434 is a bright emission nebula in the equatorial constellation of Orion.It was discovered on February 1, 1786 by German-British astronomer William Herschel. [2] The nebula is located at a distance of approximately 1,260 ly (385 pc) from the Sun and spans the interior of a neutral hydrogen shell with an angular size of 2° × 4°.

  3. Horsehead Nebula - Wikipedia

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    The Horsehead Nebula (also known as Barnard 33 or B33) is a small dark nebula in the constellation Orion. [2] 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 .

  4. Orion molecular cloud complex - Wikipedia

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    Flame Nebula (NGC 2024) IC 434, which contains the Horsehead Nebula; The Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33) M78, a reflection nebula (NGC 2068) McNeil's Nebula is a variable nebula discovered in 2004 near M78; Orion East Cloud (LDN 1621 + LDN 1622) HH 24-26 this group contains three Herbig–Haro objects; HH 111 one of the most well-known Herbig ...

  5. NGC 2023 - Wikipedia

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    NGC 2023 is an emission and reflection nebula in the equatorial constellation of Orion. It was discovered by the German -born astronomer William Herschel on 6 January 1785. This reflection nebula is one of the largest in the sky, [ 4 ] with a size of 10 × 10 arcminutes . [ 3 ]

  6. A horse-shaped nebula gets its close-up in new photos ... - AOL

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    The Horsehead Nebula, in the constellation Orion, is 1,300 light-years away. Webb’s latest infrared images released Monday captured the top of Horsehead in greater detail, illuminating clouds of ...

  7. Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex - Wikipedia

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    Rho Ophiuchi Region, with the main dark nebula Lynds 1688 (and further L1689) to the left, ρ Ophiuchi at the center of the large blue area (IC 4604), Antares in the large yellow area and Sigma Scorpii in the redish Sh2-9 area, with Messier 4 inbetween the latter two stars. North is up. July 2, 2019 photo by Adam Block.

  8. NASA releases 'unprecedented' Horsehead Nebula image ... - AOL

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    The image of the Horsehead Nebula captures the iconic nebula in a whole new light.

  9. Sh 2-279 - Wikipedia

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    The reflection nebula embedded in Sh 2-279 is popularly known as the Running Man Nebula. [1] [3] Sh 2-279 [2] comprises three NGC nebulae, NGC 1973, NGC 1975, and NGC 1977 [4] that are divided by darker nebulous regions. It also includes the open cluster NGC 1981. The brightest nebulosity, later listed as NGC 1977, was discovered by William ...