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Botch · February 2020

^^^ Isn't the Horsehead Nebula somewhere in Orion's belt, also?
I have a large framed photo of that hanging in my home, just love the mystery of it.

DonWW · February 2020

It is. Right below the left most star of the belt. Much fainter, and the actual horse head is really small.

https://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/heic1307c/

DoubleEgger · February 2020

Please feel free to post as many pics as you’d like @DonWW.

speed51133 · February 2020

https://youtu.be/i93Z7zljQ7I

I love this video. There are others like it as well. Just puts size of objects in perspective.

I like similar videos relating to putting vast distances between objects in the universe in perspective.

On the opposite scale, it's so cool to see the scale of things when you get to subatomic particles and how all perceived reality is different.

Botch · February 2020

DonWW said:

It is. Right below the left most star of the belt. Much fainter, and the actual horse head is really small.

https://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/heic1307c/

Dayam, that's cool! Thanks, Don!

speed51133 · February 2020

This puts it all into perspective

nolaegghead · February 2020

speed51133 said:

This puts it all into perspective

Yes! I see now! You need to charge your phone tonight!

speed51133 · February 2020

I'm always running on empty these days

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