ESA/Hubble heic1307: A fresh take on the Horsehead Nebula — Hubble's 23rd anniversary image. To celebrate its 23rd year in orbit, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has released a stunning new image of one of the most distinctive objects in our skies: the Horsehead Nebula. This image shows the nebula in a whole new ...

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19 April 2013

To celebrate its 23rd year in orbit, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has released a stunning new image of one of the most distinctive objects in our skies: the Horsehead Nebula. This image shows the nebula in a whole new light, capturing plumes of gas in the infrared and revealing a beautiful, delicate structure that is normally obscured by dust.

The release, images and videos are available on:
http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1307/

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19 April 2013




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