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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
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                                 2022 December 29   
      
                                Horsehead and Flame   
                       Image Credit & Copyright: Jason Close   
      
      Explanation: The Horsehead Nebula, famous celestial dark marking also   
      known as Barnard 33, is notched against a background glow of emission   
      nebulae in this sharp cosmic skyscape. About five light-years "tall"   
      the Horsehead lies some 1,500 light-years away in the constellation of   
      Orion. Within the region's fertile molecular cloud complex, the expanse   
      of obscuring dust has a recognizable shape only by chance from our   
      perspective in the Milky Way though. Orion's easternmost belt star,   
      bright Alnitak, is to the left of center. Energetic ultraviolet light   
      from Alnitak powers the glow of dusty NGC 2024, the Flame Nebula, just   
      below it. Completing a study in cosmic contrasts, bluish reflection   
      nebula NGC 2023 is below the Horsehead itself. This well-framed   
      telescopic field spans about 3 full moons on the sky.   
      
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