Hubble's 23rd birthday Horsehead

[Adelain]

Hubbles photo of the Horsehead in infrared for its 23 birthday in space.
What a machine!:thanx:

http://news.yahoo.com/lightbox/hubble-telescope-snaps-stunning-nebula-photo-23rd-birthday-photo-180305294.html

[scopemankit]

It's great to great a new image of the Horse-head. Well done the Hubble lads.

:)

[Greg Bock]

Yes, this is simply the most stunning image i have ever seen from HST.
It's now my desktop screensaver and my phone screensaver.

I had no idea of the fine structure of this object until i saw this image, it's just sensational.

And just for kicks, look at the background sky, it's not just full of stars, it's full of tiny galaxies which are visible even through the dust and gas of the HH!! (i've run out of superlatives to describe this one I'm afraid!)

[pluto]

Absolutely amazing!

There's a higher res version here: http://hubblesite.org/explore_astronomy/hubbles_universe_unfiltered/blogs/a-horse-of-a-different-color/caption

[Jen]

It's now my new desktop pic too love it :eyepop::eyepop:

[acropolite]

Amazing detail, so delicate.

[Ric]

What a wonderful image.

It's on my desktop as well.

[ChrisM]

The lighting effect is exquisite.

Amateur images of the Horsehead will never be quite the same again!

Chris

[bloodhound31]

Weird! It looks like there is a big off-camera light source illuminating the whole thing from above left!