Zooming in on The Pipe Nebula | ESO

Zooming in on The Pipe Nebula | ESO

This video sequence starts with a broad panorama of the spectacular region in the direction of the center of the Milky Way. We then close in on a curious dark feature called the Pipe Nebula. Here dense clouds of interstellar dust are silhouetted against the rich star clouds in the constellation of Ophiuchus (The Serpent Bearer), close to the more familiar constellation of Scorpius (The Scorpion). We finally focus on one end of the pipe, a strange dark feature called Barnard 59. It is shown in a very detailed new image from the MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope at ESO's La Silla Observatory.

Distance: 600 light years

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)/Nick Risinger/S. Guisard

Duration: 1 minute

Release Date: August 15, 2012

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