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Antares star and the nebula Rho Ophiuchi - Antares and Rho Ophiuchi cloud - This coloree nebula represents the visible part of a very large molecule cloud, the cloud of Ophiuchus. This star-forming region is about 520 years old - light. The brightest star at the bottom left is the star Antares, from the Scorpio. The triple star Rho Ophiuchus is located in the middle of the blue cloud at the top of the picture. On the right, surrounded by a nebula, the star Sigma Scorpii. The globular clusters M4 (at the bottom of the image) and NGC 6144 (near Antares) are also visible on this image obtained with the UK Schmidt telescope of 1.2m. This photograph shows a portion of a great swath of obscuring gas and dust in the constellations Ophiuchus and Scorpius, and illustrates what is probably the most colourful region in the entire sky. The almost garish colours are due to the brilliance and contrasting colours of the stars, by whose reflected light we see the dust clouds. Dominating the picture is the first - magnitude red supergiant star Antares, or Apha Scorpii. Because of its deep red colour the light reflected from the dust has a rich reddish hue, unusual among such reflection nebulae which are generally associated with bright bluish stars and normally have the appearance of the nebula surrounding Rho Ophiuchus (top). Clearly to be seen on this picture is the discolouring effect of the dust clouds on the stars and nebulae seen through them: the dust selectively absorbs the blue light leaving the obscured objects with a reddish - brown tinge. Also visible in this extraordinary photograph is the yellowish globular star cluster M4, at 5700 light years (9 times the distance of the foreground dust and stars) the nearest globular cluster to the Sun. Partly surrounding Sigma Scorpii at the right of the picture is a red emission nebula, completing the most comprehensive collection of nebular types ever seen in one photograph. There's also two globular clusters, one
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Antares star and the nebula Rho Ophiuchi - Antares and Rho Ophiuchi cloud - This coloree nebula represents the visible part of a very large molecule cloud, the cloud of Ophiuchus. This star-forming region is about 520 years old - light. The brightest star at the bottom left is the star Antares, from the Scorpio. The triple star Rho Ophiuchus is located in the middle of the blue cloud at the top of the picture. On the right, surrounded by a nebula, the star Sigma Scorpii. The globular clusters M4 (at the bottom of the image) and NGC 6144 (near Antares) are also visible on this image obtained with the UK Schmidt telescope of 1.2m. This photograph shows a portion of a great swath of obscuring gas and dust in the constellations Ophiuchus and Scorpius, and illustrates what is probably the most colourful region in the entire sky. The almost garish colours are due to the brilliance and contrasting colours of the stars, by whose reflected light we see the dust clouds. Dominating the picture is the first - magnitude red supergiant star Antares, or Apha Scorpii. Because of its deep red colour the light reflected from the dust has a rich reddish hue, unusual among such reflection nebulae which are generally associated with bright bluish stars and normally have the appearance of the nebula surrounding Rho Ophiuchus (top). Clearly to be seen on this picture is the discolouring effect of the dust clouds on the stars and nebulae seen through them: the dust selectively absorbs the blue light leaving the obscured objects with a reddish - brown tinge. Also visible in this extraordinary photograph is the yellowish globular star cluster M4, at 5700 light years (9 times the distance of the foreground dust and stars) the nearest globular cluster to the Sun. Partly surrounding Sigma Scorpii at the right of the picture is a red emission nebula, completing the most comprehensive collection of nebular types ever seen in one photograph. There's also two globular clusters, one

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astronomy / star / scorpius / astronomy / scorpion / photography / aao / ophiuchus / rho ophiuchi / mail / star / star cluster / Novapix / star cluster / Globular cluster / astronomy / Globular cluster / Supergeant / supergiant / nebula / Emission Nebula / Nebula emission / nebula / Dark Nebula / Dark Nebula / Red Supergeant / Red Supergiant / Nebula By Reflexion / Nebula Reflection / Ngc 6121 / Ngc 6144 / Sigma Scorpii

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