Molecular Cloud Barnard 68 . ... What used to be considered a hole in the sky is now known to astronomers as a dark molecular cloud . ... One of the most notable of these dark absorption nebulae is a cloud toward the constellation Ophiuchus known as Barnard 68 , pictured above . ... It is not known exactly how molecular clouds like Barnard 68 form, but it is known that these clouds are themselves likely places for new stars to form . ...
... Science User Portal . ... ESO, the European Southern Observatory . ... Travel and Contacts . ... Travel to E-ELT Armazones . ... ESO . ... Survey Telescopes . ... B68 is a dark cloud situated at a distance of about 500 light-years (160 pc) towards the southern constellation Ophiuchus (The Serpent-holder). This is a false-colour, infrared composite photo of the dark cloud Barnard 68, obtained on March 8-9, 1999, with the SOFI instrument at the ESO 3.5-m New Technology Telescope (NTT) at La Silla. ...
... 2014 December 14 . Molecular Cloud Barnard 68 . ... Explanation: Where did all the stars go? What used to be considered a hole in the sky is now known to astronomers as a dark molecular cloud . ... One of the most notable of these dark absorption nebulae is a cloud toward the constellation Ophiuchus known as Barnard 68 , pictured above . ... It is not known exactly how molecular clouds like Barnard 68 form, but it is known that these clouds are themselves likely places for new stars to form . ...