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Around The Snake dark nebula in Ophiuchus

author: R.Gendler/J.Misti/ S.Mazlin/Novapix

reference: a-neb90-72002

Image Size 300 DPI: 20 * 13 cm

Barnard 72 (center) is the famous Snake dark nebula in Ophiuchus. It is a concentration of obscuring dust and dark matter in space that is opaque and doesn't let the stars behind show through it. Many of Barnard's dark nebulae are themselves likely sites of future star formation. Barnard 72 is a few light years across and about 650 light years away.

Keywords for this photo:

ASTRONOMY - B72 - BARNARD 72 - DARK NEBULA - MOLECULAR CLOUD - NEBULA - OPHIUCHUS - SNAKE - STAR - STAR FORMATION -