Photo # 1 (June 2009)

IC 4592: A BLUE HORSEHEAD

Nothing happens... but first a dream.
- Carl Sandberg

Credit & Copyright: Rogelio Bernal Andreo

This complex of beautiful, dusty reflection nebulae lies in the constellation Scorpius along the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy. Its overall outline suggests a horsehead in profile, though it covers a much larger region than the better known Horsehead Nebula of Orion. The star near the eye of the horse and the center of the 5 degree wide field, is embedded in blue reflection nebula IC 4592 over 400 light-years away. At that distance, the view spans nearly 40 light-years. The horse's gaze seems fixed on Beta Scorpii, also named Graffias, the bright star at the lower left. Toward the top right, near the horse's ear, is another striking bluish reflection nebula, IC 4601. The characteristic blue hue of reflection nebulae is caused by the tendency of interstellar dust to more strongly scatter blue starlight.

My dream is that enough people will connect with their inner sense of oneness with the All, so that humanity can work in harmony with all other consciousness on this planet. This can bring into being the healing that will take us beyond the current meltdown of humanity's misguided efforts to master nature for humanity's benefit - at the expense of all other living organisms on this planet... Not to mention humanity's monetary and power elite seeking mastery over the vast majority of humanity in order to exploit them for their selfish whims that can never be satiated.
                                    - Dan Benor, MD