Pipe Dark Nebula to Antares and Rho Ophiuchus
author: Alex Tudorica/Novapix
reference: a-neb98-00007
Image Size 300 DPI: 41 * 27 cm
Seen at left of this photo, the Pipe Nebula is a very large dark nebula wich is part of an even larger complex of dark nebulae The complex of dark nebulosity stretches 13 degrees in what has been called a "dark river" from the Pipe Nebula all the way to the vicinity of Antares and Rho Ophiuchus. On the right side of the frame is a large complex of red emission nebulae near Antares and Rho Ophiuchus.