Talk:Horsehead Nebula

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Contents 1 Alnitak 2 Reference to this article in a comic strip 3 It looks like a horse's what? 4 Bad picture

[edit] Alnitak

In Orion (constellation), it states that Alnitak is the "bottom" or what I would call the "westernmost" star in the Belt. I assume that this is correct, and that the "easternmost" is an error? Can someone check my Northern Hemishpere logic? Deadstar 12:13, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)

You assume incorrectly. The article is correct: Alnitak is the "easternmost" of the three belt stars. You must remember that when we look up at the heavens, east and west are reversed when compared to a map (because we look down at maps). Alnitak is closest to the point where the Sun rises, so it is the easternmost star, though to a viewer in the northern hemisphere it is on the left. --Eroica 11:55, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reference to this article in a comic strip

This article has been referred to (indirectly) in a comic strip. Here's the information as I posted it on Wikipedia:Press coverage:

• Jen Sorensen, Slowpoke (comic strip), December 2005 [1].

  Woman to man, in an imaginary movie: "Darling, when I saw your Wikipedia entry on the Horsehead Nebula, I knew I had to have you."

JamesMLane 03:50, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] It looks like a horse's what?

I may just be dense, but the image doesn't look anything like a horse's head to me. Or... is the horse's head just the tiny piece sticking up into the bright spot near the top? In which case, might it be useful to point that part out, or provide a close-up image of it? -- Super Aardvark 08:40, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bad picture

I came to this page with exactly the same thought as Mr Aardvark. Here's a much better NASA one [2] which makes it clear why it's called the Horsehead Nebula. Any chance this could be used instead? I don't know how to upload but I guess as it's a NASA picture same as the Hubble one it would be ok with the licensing to use it. 86.153.216.204 16:57, 26 June 2007 (UTC)