Barnard 33 / IC 434 The Horsehead Nebula - telescope processed image. It isn't a glowing cloud but a dark nebula of cold gas and dust, visible only because it silhouettes against the bright red emission of IC 434.

Barnard 33 / IC 434 The Horsehead Nebula - unprocessed image. Hidden within its dense, dark "mane" are newborn stars currently forming, detectable only by infrared telescopes that can peer through the dust.

Here is the Dwarf Mini’s observation of #Barnard33 / #IC434 #TheHorseheadNebula. Above you can see #NGC2024 #TheFlameNebula making a guest appearance. #dwarflabs #dwarfmini #space #astronomy #amateur

NGC 2024 The Flame Nebula / IC 434 The Horsehead Nebula - telescope processed image. The "flame" is actually glowing hydrogen gas ionized by a hidden cluster of young stars; the bright star Alnitak appears close to it but is not actually responsible for its glow.

NGC 2024 The Flame Nebula / IC 434 The Horsehead Nebula - unprocessed image. The famous horsehead shape is a cold, dark cloud of dust (Barnard 33) seen in silhouette against the bright, reddish-pink emission of the background nebula, IC 434.

Good Friday afternoon I have been busy this morning and not able to post last night’s observations from the s50. First went to do a fresh image of #NGC2024 #TheFlameNebula / #IC434 #TheHorseheadNebula. #seestar #S50 #space #astronomy #amateur

Couldn’t fit the major objects in the previous post.

#NGC2024 #TheFlameNebula
#Alnitak Named Star
#IC434 #TheHorseheadNebula
#σ-Ori Named Star
#NGC1981 Open Cluster
#Sh2-279 #TheRunningManNebula
#M43 #TheGreatNebulainOrion
#M42 #DeMariansNebula
#NGC1980 Open Cluster

IC 434 The Horsehead Nebula - telescope processed image with Moon and Skylight filter. It's the bright emission nebula in Orion against which the dark, iconic Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33) is silhouetted. Part of a star-forming cloud.

IC 434 The Horsehead Nebula - unprocessed image with Moon and Skylight Filter. The iconic Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33) is a dark dust cloud silhouetted against the bright, glowing red emission nebula, IC 434.

Maybe I should have save my dad joke “dropped” comment for this post. New image of #IC434 #TheHorseheadNebula. Using the Moon and Skylight filter. #seestar #S50 #space #astronomy #amateur

My more recent images, Barnard 33 - The Horsehead Nebula and M45 - The Pleiades

#barnard33 #thepleiades #m45 #b33 #astrophotography #pleiades #thehorseheadnebula #horseheadnebula