The Horsehead Nebula

This beautiful collection of dark & emission nebulae is located in the constellation of Orion, surrounding the supergiant binary star Alnitak. All being some 1,500 light years from earth.

The Horsehead itself (B33) is a dark cloud of dust, 2 light years from muzzle to mane and illuminated by the ionised hydrogen gas of IC434 behind it.

It is one of my favourite sights in the whole night sky.

Image Data: UHC filtered
Focal Length 500mm
Focal Ratio f4.0
Exposure 1hr 35mins

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