Trevor Jones of St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada posted this photo to EarthSky Facebook this week (December 12, 2016). It’s a recently captured image of the famous Horsehead Nebula, a beautiful deep-sky object, visible through telescopes … a place where new stars are forming. Trevor wrote at his website AstroBackyard:
Over the past 2 months, the Horsehead Nebula has been the focus of my astrophotography attention. The winter weather has set in, with cold nights and frequent cloud cover. Despite these challenges, I have been able to take photos from my backyard on three separate occasions in November and December.
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