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B72 - The Snake dark nebula

author: Jim Misti/Novapix

reference: a-neb90-72003

Image Size 300 DPI: 16 * 11 cm

Barnard 72 is the famous "Snake" or "S" 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 sites of future star formation. Barnard 72 is a few light years across and about 650 light years away.

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2005 - ASTRONOMY - B72 - BARNARD 72 - DARK NEBULA - MOLECULAR CLOUD - NEBULA - OPHIUCHUS - STAR - STAR FORMATION -