Hello! Astronomy Picture of the Day - August 7th, 2020
Today's video is about The Pipe Nebula
st of Antares, dark markings sprawl through 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 B59, B72, B77 and B78, seen in against the starry background
Here, their combined shape suggests a pipe stem and bowl, and so the dark nebula's popular name is the Pipe Nebula
The deep and expansive view covers a full 10 by 10 degree field in the pronounceable constellation Ophiuchus
The Pipe Nebula is part of the Ophiuchus dark cloud complex located at a distance of about 450 light-years
Dense cores of gas and dust within the Pipe Nebula are collapsing to form stars
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