These great hollow globes of artificial super-metals, and artificial transparent adamant, ranged in size from the earliest and smallest structures, which were no bigger than a very small asteroid, to spheres considerably larger than the Earth. (Olaf Stapledon, STAR MAKER)
Monday, April 22, 2013
Horsehead
Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day is a very different view of a (difficult to spot) object in the constellation of Orion: the "Horsehead" Nebula, found within the larger Great Nebula of Orion (Messier 42). I've only been able to spot it a few times from my lousy light polluted backyard.
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