Barnard 59, NGC 6293 and NGC 6316 (Gary Imm)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Ophiuchus (Oph) · Contains: 36 A Oph · B244 · B250 · B59 · B65 · B66 · B67 · LDN 1736 · LDN 1737 · LDN 1742 · LDN 1743 · LDN 1746 · LDN 1756 · LDN 1767 · LDN 1768 · LDN 1772 · LDN 1773 · LDN 1774 · NGC 6293 · NGC 6316 · The star 36 Oph · The star 38 Oph

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Barnard 59, NGC 6293 and NGC 6316

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Barnard 59, NGC 6293 and NGC 6316

This object is a series of dark nebulae located 700 light years away in the southern constellation of Ophiuchus, at a declination of -28 degrees. It is the stem of the large dark nebula complex known as the Pipe Nebula.

Many dark, irregularly shaped black dust lanes are silhouetted here against the dense star clouds of the center of the Milky Way. Barnard 59 is the largest patch of nebulae at the right side of the image. The grouping of dark nebulae in the upper left corner is Barnard 65, 66 and 67.

Within Barnard 59 is a small fan-shaped orange nebula designated as 2MASS J17110392-2722551. This looks like a young star object (YSO), a star in the early stages of birth, still shrouded in dust. The nebula reminds me of a lighthouse beacon piercing through nighttime darkness.

Two small globular star clusters are seen in the image – NGC 6293 at top right and NGC 6316 at bottom left-center. NGC 6293 is located 30,000 light years away and spans 8 arc-minutes in our apparent view, which corresponds to a width of 70 light years. NGC 6316 is located 37,000 light years away and spans 5 arc-minutes in our apparent view, which corresponds to a width of 50 light years.

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RA (center)	17h15m18s.27
RA (top/left)	17h22m44s.31
RA (top/right)	17h08m09s.63
RA (bottom/right)	17h07m43s.35
RA (bottom/left)	17h22m36s.88

Dec (center)	-27°34′45″.8
Dec (top/left)	-26°31′19″.10
Dec (top/right)	-26°26′25″.9
Dec (bottom/right)	-28°36′39″.9
Dec (bottom/left)	-28°42′06″.3

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