Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Scorpius (Sco)  ·  Contains:  HD144477  ·  HD144667  ·  HD144668
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Bernes-149 and Lupus Molecular cloud, gmadkat
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Bernes-149 and Lupus Molecular cloud

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Bernes-149 and Lupus Molecular cloud, gmadkat
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Bernes-149 and Lupus Molecular cloud

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This is such a fascinating nebula with both dark and reflection components! 
This Lupus 3 molecular cloud located at the border of Scorpius and Lupus constellation, lies about 500 light years away. The bright part of the dark cloud is the blue reflection nebula called GN 16.05.2 or Bernes 149.
The reflection nebula is lit by the stars HR 5999 and HR 6000.
The Lupus 3 dust cloud is home to a number of protostars and is an active star forming region.
Imaged in LRGB on a shared observatory on the RiDK 400 at Observatorio El Sauce, Chile.
Processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop.

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