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“Horsehead nebula” near {zeta} Orionis is a dark obscuring cloud projected on the extensive emission nebulosity in this region. See page 541. [National Geographic Palomar Sky Survey]


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Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)