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Credit & Copyright: Johannes Schedler
(Panther Observatory)
Explanation:
East of Antares, dark markings seem
to sprawl through the crowded star fields
toward the center of our Milky Way Galaxy.
Cataloged in the early 20th
century by astronomer
E. E. Barnard, the obscuring
interstellar dust clouds
include
B72,
B77, B78, and B59, seen in silhouette
against the starry background.
Here, their combined shape suggests smoke rising from
a pipe, and so the dark nebula's popular name is the Pipe Nebula.
This gorgeous
and expansive view was recorded in
very dark skies over
Hakos,
Namibia.
It covers a full 10 by 7 degrees field in the
pronounceable
constellation Ophiuchus.
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Publications with keywords: dark nebula - Milky Way - Barnard
Publications with words: dark nebula - Milky Way - Barnard
See also:
- APOD: 2023 December 12 Á Aurora and Milky Way over Norway
- Milky Way Rising
- APOD: 2023 November 27 Á LBN 86: The Eagle Ray Nebula
- APOD: 2023 November 20 Á The Horsehead Nebula
- APOD: 2023 July 18 Á Milky Way above La Palma Observatory
- APOD: 2023 July 16 Á Meteor and Milky Way over the Alps
- APOD: 2023 July 2 Á Milky Way and Aurora over Antarctica