The L1688 Star-forming Region in Ophiuchus | European Southern Observatory

The L1688 Star-forming Region in Ophiuchus | European Southern Observatory

This image shows the environment around the L1688 star-forming region in visible light. This area, located in the Ophiuchus constellation, features prominent dark lanes and glowing nebulae.

Distance: 450 light years

This image shows dark brownish clouds, on the right, and glowing bluish ones, on the left, both over a starry background. Among the stars, a few of them are much brighter and bigger than the others.

This image was taken from the European Southern Observatory’s Paranal Observatory with a 10-cm Takahashi FSQ106Ed f/3.6 telescope and a SBIG STL CCD camera, as part of the Gigagalaxy Zoom project.

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

Release Date: May 11, 2023

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