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The Horsehead

HORSEHEAD · dark nebula · Common

The Horsehead

It will wear away in about five million years.

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Observation status: Not observableSpread too thin to show through a city sky (surface brightness 23.8; it needs 22.0).See this week’s vote
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The real thing

Photograph
The Horsehead, photographed by Hubble Space Telescope
NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI) · CC BY 4.0
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Record

Barnard 33
Object
dark nebula
Rarity
Common
RA
05:40:54.84
Dec
-02:27:29.88
DISTANCE
~1,400 ly
HEIGHT
~3.5 ly
FOUND
1888
Editions issued
0 / 300
Direct price
$3
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