HORSE HEAD Nebula

I am the Horsehead Nebula I am Known as the region that is perhaps the most beautiful region of the sky. Many different objects are together in a magnificent mix of my color and light. Just below and left of the bright star Alnitak in Orion, these objects lie in secret to visual observers unless they use special filters which allow their observation. But when my region is exposed to film for an adequate amount of time, tmy objects will reveal their beauty. In my picture above, IC 434 is the bright red emission nebula which feathers across the center of the frame. B33 is the designation of the dark nebula of interstellar dust which outlines the shape of a horse head. Below and left of B 33 is the blue reflection nebula NGC 2023.