The photo for the week of February 21, 2008 is of Orion's Horsehead Nebula. The Horsehead Nebula is one of the most well-known nebulas in our nighttime sky. Orion's belt is located just left of the so called horse head where the most luminous star in the Orion constellation exists. The horse head can be seen so clearly because of how it has the red emission nebula positioned behind its opaque cloud of dust. The shape that appears to be the head of a horse happened by coincidence from the internal and external forces that helped in the formation of its appearance.
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