Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Scorpius (Sco)  ·  Contains:  IC 4603  ·  IC 4604  ·  IC 4605  ·  M 4  ·  M 80  ·  NGC 6093  ·  NGC 6121  ·  NGC 6144  ·  Part of the constellation Scorpius (Sco)  ·  The star 22Sco  ·  The star Al Niyat (σSco)  ·  The star Antares (αSco)  ·  The star οSco  ·  The star ρOph  ·  The star τSco  ·  rho Oph nebula
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The Rho Ophiuchi Nebular Complex, Fernando Oliveira de Menezes
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The Rho Ophiuchi Nebular Complex

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The Rho Ophiuchi Nebular Complex, Fernando Oliveira de Menezes
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The Rho Ophiuchi Nebular Complex

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The Rho Ophiuchi nebular complex is a beautiful, gigantic cloud of colorful cosmic dust and gas located 460 light-years from Earth in the constellation Ophiuchus . It's one of the closest stellar nurseries to the solar system and one of the most-photographed objects in the night sky.

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The Rho Ophiuchi Nebular Complex, Fernando Oliveira de Menezes

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