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Horsehead nebula

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Horsehead nebula [ˈhɔːsˌhɛd]
n
(Astronomy) Astronomy a dark nebula lying in the constellation of Orion and resembling the head of a horse


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These photographs include the pinpoints of stellar light making up the M13 globular cluster, Venus transiting across the face of the sun, the Horsehead nebula, the Crab pulsar, and the tentacles of the Tarantula nebula.
The power God exercises to bring us to God's own life is not the power you would expect of one who (being in some way responsible for being itself, the Horsehead Nebula, the galaxies, light, gravity, thunder, lightning, cancer, plague) could terrify us into understanding that he is Lord.
Topping off Discover Astronomy is a full-screen Photo Gallery, which features stunning full-color astro-photographs of fascinating astronomical phenomenon, such as the doomed comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, the Horsehead Nebula, and Voyager 2 photos of Saturn and Neptune.
 
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