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Astronomy Picture of the Day - A Dark Veil in Ophiuchus
NASA ^ | 29 Aug, 2025 | Image Credit & Copyright: Katelyn Beecroft

Posted on 08/29/2025 1:45:30 PM PDT by MtnClimber

Explanation: The diffuse hydrogen-alpha glow of emission region Sh2-27 fills this cosmic scene. The field of view spans nearly 3 degrees across the nebula-rich constellation Ophiuchus toward the central Milky Way. A Dark Veil of wispy interstellar dust clouds draped across the foreground is chiefly identified as LDN 234 and LDN 204 from the 1962 Catalog of Dark Nebulae by American astronomer Beverly Lynds. Sh2-27 itself is the large but faint HII region surrounding runaway O-type star Zeta Ophiuchi. Along with the Zeta Oph HII region, LDN 234 and LDN 204 are likely 500 or so light-years away. At that distance, this telescopic frame would be about 25 light-years wide.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; beverlylynds; darknebulae; ldn204; ldn234; nasa; nebula; nebulae; science; sh227; zetaophiuchi
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1 posted on 08/29/2025 1:45:30 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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2 posted on 08/29/2025 1:45:53 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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3 posted on 08/29/2025 1:46:56 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Wow.


4 posted on 08/29/2025 2:40:59 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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5 posted on 08/29/2025 4:27:04 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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Nice!


6 posted on 08/29/2025 5:02:54 PM PDT by telescope115 (Ad Astra, Ad Deum…)
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