Tuesday, April 30, 2024: The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured incredibly sharp images of the Horsehead Nebula, one of the most iconic celestial bodies in the sky over Earth.
Two different views of the Horsehead Nebula. On the right is a view of the nebula in visible light, taken using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in Chile (eso0202a).
To the right of that is a smaller nebula called NGC 2023. The Horse Head Nebula — named for its shape — is visible near the top-right corner of the image. The observations were part of a ...
Image caption, This is photographic plate B2312 in which Williamina discovered the Horsehead Nebula. The three black circles are the stars of Orion's belt. The Horsehead Nebula is circled just ...
"We want to capture the horsehead nebula and another one nearby called the flame. It's in the Orion constellation and it's possible to get them both in one shot. It is immense." It is set to ...