Happy #SpaceSaturday everybody! This week, let's admire the iconic Horsehead Nebula captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Looking like an apparition rising from whitecaps of interstellar foam, the iconic Horsehead Nebula has graced astronomy books ever since its discovery more than a century ago. The nebula is a favorite target for amateur and professional astronomers. It is shadowy in optical light. It appears transparent and ethereal when seen at infrared wavelengths. The rich tapestry of the Horsehead Nebula pops out against the backdrop of Milky Way stars and distant galaxies that easily are visible in infrared light. The Horsehead Nebula, also known as Barnard 33, lives about 1,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Orion. It was this constellation that our favorite spacecraft, NASA's #Orion, was named after. Image Credit: NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team #space #science #hubble #starstuff #nasa #horsehead #nebula #imagery #deepspace #esa