SPX-4-1428
False-colour IR · R 3.29 / G 1.91 / B 0.85 µmN↑ E←
B1 0.75B2 1.11B3 1.66B4 2.44B5 3.83B6 4.434.99 µm
NebulaOrion≈ 1,375 ly
Horsehead Nebula
Barnard 33 · IC 434
A dark dust cloud silhouetted against the glowing emission nebula IC 434.
Why it matters at 0.75–5 µm
The cloud's edge glows in PAH emission while the interior becomes partially transparent at longer wavelengths.
Identity
RA (ICRS)05h 40m 59.0s
Dec (ICRS)−02° 27′ 30″
Object typeDark nebula
ClassificationLiterature (SIMBAD-equivalent)
SPHEREx data
Order-5 tileSPX-5-5713
Cube pixel(338, 368)
Channels102 · 0.75–5.0 µm
Flagged channels…
SPHEREx spectrum at Horsehead Nebula
DR1 calibrated cubeFITS
Npix5713_cube.fits · pixel (338, 368) — single 12.9″ pixel at the catalogue position, not an aperture photometry measurement.
Reading 306 values from the 320 MB cube with byte-range requests… 0.0s
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