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Glorious Horsehead Nebula

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December 13, 2016

Horsehead Nebula by Trevor Jones of the website AstroBackyard.

Trevor Jones of St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada posted this photo to EarthSky Facebook this week (December 12, 2016). It’s a recently captured image of the famous Horsehead Nebula, a beautiful deep-sky object, visible through telescopes … a place where new stars are forming. Trevor wrote at his website AstroBackyard:

Over the past 2 months, the Horsehead Nebula has been the focus of my astrophotography attention. The winter weather has set in, with cold nights and frequent cloud cover. Despite these challenges, I have been able to take photos from my backyard on three separate occasions in November and December.

Trevor has an entire blog post – and the awesome video below – on how you, too, can capture this beauty. Read Trevor’s blog post on the Horsehead Nebula.

Bottom line: Beautiful astrophoto of the Horsehead Nebula. Plus a video – and links to a blog post – on how you can capture it.

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Deborah Byrd created the EarthSky radio series in 1991 and founded EarthSky.org in 1994. Prior to that, she had worked for the University of Texas McDonald Observatory since 1976, and created and produced their Star Date radio series. Today, she serves as Editor-in-Chief of this website. She has won a galaxy of awards from the broadcasting and science communities, including having an asteroid named 3505 Byrd in her honor. In 2020, she won the Education Prize from the American Astronomical Society, the largest organization of professional astronomers in North America. A science communicator and educator since 1976, Byrd believes in science as a force for good in the world and a vital tool for the 21st century. "Being an EarthSky editor is like hosting a big global party for cool nature-lovers," she says.