2025 September 02 - The Horsehead and Flame Nebulas

In today's image, we see the dark nebula known as the Horsehead nebula off to the right. To the left we see the Flame Nebula and at the top of the image, the bright star Alnitak, only of the bright stars in the belt of Orion.

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