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Horsehead and Flame Nebulae: IC 434 -- the Horsehead Nebula -- is a dark nebula and to the lower left, NGC 2024 -- the Flame Nebula -- is an emission nebula. The bright star is Alnitak, the easternmost star in the Belt of Orion. The star is blasting energetic ultraviolet light into the Flame Nebula exciting the clouds of hydrogen gas that reside there causing the vivid orangish color. On the other hand, the inkiness of the Horsehead Nebula is caused mostly by thick dust blocking the light of stars behind it creating, in essence, a silhouette. Alnitak is actually a triple star system with its largest star — seen here — a hot blue supergiant 30 times more massive than and 20 times larger in diameter to our own sun. The star was briefly mentioned in a 1967 episode of Star Trek. Live long and prosper!
Horsehead and Flame Nebulae: IC 434 -- the Horsehead Nebula -- is a dark nebula and to the lower left, NGC 2024 -- the Flame Nebula -- is an emission nebula. The bright star is Alnitak, the easternmost star in the Belt of Orion. The star is blasting energetic ultraviolet light into the Flame Nebula exciting the clouds of hydrogen gas that reside there causing the vivid orangish color. On the other hand, the inkiness of the Horsehead Nebula is caused mostly by thick dust blocking the light of stars behind it creating, in essence, a silhouette. Alnitak is actually a triple star system with its largest star — seen here — a hot blue supergiant 30 times more massive than and 20 times larger in diameter to our own sun. The star was briefly mentioned in a 1967 episode of Star Trek. Live long and prosper!
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