In this episode, Dave Eicher invites you to go out and try to observe a celestial object that's quite difficult to see - the ...

The NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope has captured a stunning view of the Horse-head Nebula. It is the sharpest infrared ...

As I said before, you could spend a lifetime exploring Orion on his own, but we have a whole universe to explore together, so we best get a ...

Giant clouds of dust and gas were spotted in Norfolk skies ahead of seven planets being visible at the same time.

Get on the horse and ride This week’s large-telescope target is the famous Horsehead Nebula in Orion the Hunter. Because it occupies the 33rd slot on American astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard ...

Image caption, This is photographic plate B2312 in which Williamina discovered the Horsehead Nebula. The three black circles are the stars of Orion's belt. The Horsehead Nebula is circled just ...

The face of this cosmic owl is created by a bubble of gas flowing out from an ageing star in UrsaMajor. Due to their round shape, such nebulae are know as planetary nebula - though in reality they ...

Closer to the belt lies the famous dark cloud of gas and dust aptly named the Horsehead Nebula. It will be too faint to see, so look for an image online. Above Orion shine two planets: Mars to the ...