Nebula 095 / 100
Horsehead Nebula
B33
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At a glance
- Type
- Dark nebula
- Constellation
- Ori
- Right ascension
- 5h 40m 59.0s
- Declination
- −2° 27′
- Angular size
- 6x4′
- Catalogue
- B033
Located in Orion.
The outline on your card
A dense dust column is silhouetted against the bright emission of IC 434.
- Outline class
- Silhouette
- Axis ratio
- 0.67 : 1
- Position angle
- 90°
- Central source
- No central source
- Surface brightness
- Very low
- Recorded structure
- Horsehead
The card front carries no text by design: the glyph is drawn from this object's own silhouette, so the outline is the only clue you get until you scan it.
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