Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Scorpius (Sco)  ·  Contains:  10 Sco)  ·  104 Klymene  ·  12 c01 Sco  ·  13 c02 Sco  ·  14.12  ·  14.56  ·  19 Sco  ·  19 omi Sco  ·  20 Sco)  ·  20 sig Sco  ·  21 Sco)  ·  23 Sco)  ·  23 tau Sco  ·  25 Sco  ·  5 Oph  ·  5 Sco)  ·  5 rho Oph  ·  5 rho Sco  ·  6 Sco)  ·  6 pi. Sco  ·  7 Sco)  ·  9 Oph  ·  9 ome Oph  ·  91 Aegina  ·  Al Niyat (σ Sco  ·  Al Niyat (τ Sco  ·  Alniyat  ·  Alniyat I  ·  Antares  ·  B229  ·  And 828 more.
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The Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex is a complex of interstellar clouds with different nebulae, particularly dark nebulae which is centered 1° south of the star ρ Ophiuchi, which it among others extends to, of the constellation Ophiuchus. At an estimated distance of about 140 parsecs, or 460 light years, it is one of the closest star-forming regions to the Solar System.

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