| The Horsehead Nebula | |||||
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Page updated March 1, 2007 |
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The Horsehead nebula is an a region of gas and dust that is illuminated by stars near to it. It is parly seen in silhouette against brighter gas in the background. This is the type of material from which new stars form. Click here for a 180k version of this image. |
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| This one-minute exposure was taken at the 32-inch telescope by a group of amateur astronomers visting from the Catawba Valley Astronomy Club. It was a single CCD frame and in this case was not flat-field corrected. The 8 arc-minute square view shows a 2.8 light year square of space at the 1200 light year distance of the nebula. | |||||
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