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Horse Head and Flame Nebulae

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Flame and Horse Head Nebulae at the east end of Orion's Belt

The bright star above the “Flame” is Alnitak, the leftmost star in Orion’s
belt. The Horse Head is a plume of dense dust obscuring light from the
bright nebula of glowing hydrogen behind it.