The Blue Horsehead Nebula (IC 4592) is a photogenic reflection nebula in the constellation Scorpius. In the northern hemisphere, it is a summer astrophotography target that lies close to the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex. After many years of admiring gorgeous images of this deep-sky target, I ...
A comparison of telescope images of the Horsehead Nebula. From left: ESA's Euclid, Hubble Space Telescope, and James Webb Space Telescope.Credit: ESA / Euclid / Euclid Consortium / NASA / J.-C. Cuillandre / G. Anselmi; NASA / ESA / Hubble Heritage Team; NASA / ESA / CSA / K. Mi...
A new horse's head: The Horsehead Nebula imaged in the infrared - number 10 on our list of the Hubble Space Telescope's best shots. (Courtesy: NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team; STScI/AURA) Selecting a definitive list of the best images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope is an impossible...