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Mars and Rho Ophiuchi

author: Sebastian Voltmer/Novapix

reference: a-neb98-00015

Image Size 300 DPI: 49 * 48 cm

Mars passing the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex on Aug 25, 2016. This star-forming region is located at about 520 light years in Scorpius constellation. The area is highlighted by the bright star Antares (bottom), a red supergiant 40,000 times more luminous than our sun.

Keywords for this photo:

2016 - ANTARES - ASTRONOMY - DARK NEBULA - EMISSION NEBULA - GLOBULAR CLUSTER - IC 4605 - M4 - M80 - MARS - MOLECULAR CLOUD - NEBULA - NGC 6121 - NGC 6144 - OPHIUCHUS - PLANET - RED SUPERGIANT - REFLECTION NEBULA - RHO OPHIUCHI - SCORPIUS - SIGMA SCORPII - STAR - STAR CLUSTER - SUPERGIANT -