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Horsehead Nebula
Image Credit; Purnendu Gupta |
Dense black clouds in the form of a horse’s bust, rise from the backdrop of a glowing red veil. Like a black knight in chess. The gash of red across, billowing black plumes with dabs of blue - paint a magnificent, almost ominous scene. Nature's watercolor of a knight about to make its move in a celestial game of chess in play.
The Horsehead nebula (Barnard 33) is a dark nebula in Orion. Among the night sky wonders I have seen - this is perhaps the object which most closely resembles its common name. But its nature was unknown till a hundred years after it’s discovery.
