Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Ophiuchus (Oph)
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LBN 7 and LDN 43, Jim Thommes
LBN 7 and LDN 43
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 This image shows a region of interstellar material and dust illuminated by nearby stars as well as dark nebulae of dust blocking the light from background stars. The illuminated dust structure is LBN 7; the dark nebulae are Dobashi 74 and LDN 43. There are four parts to LDN 43 (plus S, D, and E). The annotated image doesn't  indicate these four separately - just the overall structure. Within the LDN and LBN structure are two cometary nebulae GN 16.311.3 and GN 16.31.7.  A cometary nebula is a descriptive term for these and similar nebulae since the nebula has the shape of a comet.  There are several background galaxies in the image (6dF J1634296-152207, 6dF J1633551-153149, 2MFGC 13265, and others). These objects and some of the brighter stars are identified in the annotated image. Horizontal FOV is approximately 88 arc minutes. Full size image scale is 1.89 arcsec/pix.

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