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B142 Dark Nebula in Aquila

author: J.Lodriguss/Novapix

reference: a-neb90-14201

Image Size 300 DPI: 24 * 16 cm

B142 and B143 are a pair of dark nebulae in Aquila in the rich summer Milky Way star fields near Tarazed (Gamma Aquilae), the brightest star in this photo at magnitude 2.7. Dark nebula are clouds of non-luminous matter in space that obscure the stars behind them.

Keywords for this photo:

1997 - AQUILA - ASTRONOMY - B142 - B143 - BARNARD 142 - BARNARD 143 - DARK NEBULA - GAMMA AQUILAE - NEBULA - STAR - TARAZED -