Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Scorpius (Sco)  ·  Contains:  IC 4603  ·  IC 4604  ·  IC 4605  ·  M 4  ·  NGC 6121  ·  NGC 6144  ·  The star 22Sco  ·  The star Al Niyat (σSco)  ·  The star Antares (αSco)  ·  The star οSco  ·  The star ρOph  ·  rho Oph Nebula
Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex, YC Lim
Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex
Powered byPixInsight

Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex

Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex, YC Lim
Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex
Powered byPixInsight

Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

Rho Ophiuchi is a multiple star system in the constellation Ophiuchus. The star system, located only 400 light years away, is distinguished by its multi-colored surroundings, which include a red emission nebula and numerous light and dark brown dust lanes. Near the lower left of the Rho Ophiuchi molecular cloud system is the yellow star Antares, while a distant but coincidently-superposed globular cluster of stars, M4, is visible just to the right of Antares.

Comments

Revisions

  • Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex, YC Lim
    Original
  • Final
    Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex, YC Lim
    E

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex, YC Lim