Horsehead Nebula Disappears in Infrared Light

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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

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Astrometrics

Position (undefined): RA = 5^h 41^m 48.9^s; Dec = -1° 53' 34.0"
Field of View: 1.5 x 0.9 degrees
Orientation: North is 90.0° left of vertical
Constellation: Orion

Recent News

12.19.14

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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