![Backlit wisps along the Horsehead Nebula upper ridge are being illuminated by Sigma Orionis, a young five-star system just off the top of this image from the Hubble Space Telescope.](https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/PIA16008/PIA16008~large.jpg?w=1837&h=1920&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint)
Hubble Sees a Horsehead of a Different Color
Backlit wisps along the Horsehead Nebula upper ridge are being illuminated by Sigma Orionis, a young five-star system just off the top of this image from the Hubble Space Telescope.
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https://science.nasa.gov/image-detail/amf-pia16008/
TakenApril 19, 2013
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