Daily Telescope: Is that a seahorse or something more sinister in the sky?
Enlarge / A stunning view of the Barnard 150 nebula. (credit: Tom Carrico)
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Good morning. It's November 15, and today's image is something of a Rorschach test.
The photo depicts the Barnard 150 dark nebula-dark in the sense that the thick molecular clouds of this nebula obscure light coming from beyond it toward Earth. The nebula is located about 1,200 light-years from Earth and is visible in the Cepheus constellation.