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IC 4592: The Blue Horsehead Reflection Nebula
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IC 4592: The Blue Horsehead Reflection Nebula

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IC 4592: The Blue Horsehead Reflection Nebula

By Overlook Horizon|2026-04-07T16:44:29-04:00April 7th, 2026|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: Horsehead, nasa, Photo, photo of the day, picture, Reflection|

Photo of the Day 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. The main part of the here-imaged molecular cloud complex is reflection nebula IC 4592. Reflection nebulas are [...]

The Horsehead and Flame Nebulas
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The Horsehead and Flame Nebulas

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The Horsehead and Flame Nebulas

By Overlook Horizon|2025-09-02T13:44:25-04:00September 2nd, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: Flame, Horsehead, nasa, Photo, photo of the day, picture|

Photo of the Day The Horsehead Nebula is one of the most famous nebulae on the sky. It is visible as the dark indentation to the orange emission nebula at the far right of the featured picture. The horse-head feature is dark because it is really an opaque dust cloud that lies in front [...]