East of Antares [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…], dark markings seem to sprawl through the crowded star fields toward the center of our Milky Way Galaxy. Cataloged in [
http://adsabs.harva…bib_query?1919ApJ... .49....1B ] the early 20th century by astronomer E. E. Barnard [
http://astro.uchica…Barnardfull.html ], the obscuring interstellar dust clouds include [
http://www.saguaroa…Best-of-Barnards-Dar k-Nebulae.htm ] B72 [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…], B77, B78, and B59, seen in silhouette [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] 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 [
http://panther-obse…Pipe_200mm.htm ] was recorded in very dark skies over Hakos, Namibia [
http://www.fallingr…]. It covers a full 10 by 7 degree field in the pronounceable [
http://www.astronom…] constellation Ophiuchus.
Explanation
East of Antares [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…], dark markings seem to sprawl through the crowded star fields toward the center of our Milky Way Galaxy. Cataloged in [
http://adsabs.harva…bib_query?1919ApJ... .49....1B ] the early 20th century by astronomer E. E. Barnard [
http://astro.uchica…Barnardfull.html ], the obscuring interstellar dust clouds include [
http://www.saguaroa…Best-of-Barnards-Dar k-Nebulae.htm ] B72 [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…], B77, B78, and B59, seen in silhouette [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] 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 [
http://panther-obse…Pipe_200mm.htm ] was recorded in very dark skies over Hakos, Namibia [
http://www.fallingr…]. It covers a full 10 by 7 degree field in the pronounceable [
http://www.astronom…] constellation Ophiuchus.
Explanation
