Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Ophiuchus (Oph)
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Snake Nebula- (Barnard 72), Dean Glace
Snake Nebula- (Barnard 72)
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Snake Nebula- (Barnard 72)

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Snake Nebula- (Barnard 72), Dean Glace
Snake Nebula- (Barnard 72)
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Snake Nebula- (Barnard 72)

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Snake Nebula also known as Barnard 72 is a dark nebula in the Ophiuchus Constellation. It is a small but readily apparent S-shaped dust lane out in front of the Milky Way star clouds from the north-west edge of the bowl of the pipe nebula. located 650 light years from earth.

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Snake Nebula- (Barnard 72), Dean Glace