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The
Horsehead Nebula
is a
dark nebula
in the constellation
Orion
. It is located just to the south of the star
Alnitak
, which is farthest east on Orion's Belt, and is part of the much larger
Orion molecular cloud complex
. The nebula is approximately 1500
light-years
from Earth and was first recorded in 1888 by Scottish astronomer
Williamina Fleming
.
Photographer:
Ken Crawford
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