Horsehead Nebula Disappears in Infrared Light
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ESO
Observation • December 19th, 2014 • sig14-031
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The famous Horsehead nebula seen in visible-light images (inset) looks quite different when viewed in infrared light, as seen in this newly released image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
The visible-light image, from the European Southern Observatorys Very Large Telescope facility, can be found online at http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0202a/.
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About the Object
- Name
- Flame Nebula • Horsehead Nebula • NGC 2024 • Barnard 33
- Type
- Nebula > Type > Star Formation
- Nebula > Appearance > Emission
- Nebula > Appearance > Dark
- Distance
- 1,000 Light Years
Color Mapping
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Infrared | 3.6 µm | Spitzer IRAC |
| Infrared | 4.5 µm | Spitzer IRAC |
| Infrared | 5.8 µm | Spitzer IRAC |
| Infrared | 8.0 µm | Spitzer IRAC |
| Infrared | 24.0 µm | Spitzer MIPS |
| Infrared | 24.0 µm | VLT |
| Infrared | 24.0 µm | VLT |
| Infrared | 24.0 µm | VLT |
Astrometrics
- Position ()
- RA =5h 41m 48.9s
- Dec = -1° 53' 34.0"
- Field of View
- 1.5 x 0.9 degrees
- Orientation
- North is 90.0° left of vertical
