Veil Nebula Mosaic Telescope: Faulkes Telescope NorthInstruments: H alphaOIII This representative color mosaic of the Veil Nebula was created from a set of images taken by Brockenhurst College using Faulkes Telescope North in July 2010. The red channel shows a mosaic of Hydrogen alpha filter images and the blue shows images taken with an OIII filter (which is green).Tags: Veilnebulamosaic
The Horsehead Nebula Telescope class: Partner TelescopesSite: SedgwickTelescope: Sedgwick Reserve ObservatoryInstruments: SBIG STL-6303A close-up view of the Horsehead Nebula from Sedgwick. The Horsehead Nebula is a stellar nursery ~1500 light years distant near the belt of Orion. I think it is easy to see how this object got its name.Tags: Astronomyspacenebulastar formationhorseheadOrion