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The colorful clouds surrounding the star system Rho Ophiuchi compose one of the closest star forming regions. Rho Ophiuchi itself is a binary star system visible in the blue reflection nebula just to the left of the image center. The star system, located only 400 light years away, is distinguished by its multi-colored surroundings, which include a red emission nebula and numerous light and dark brown dust lanes. These features are visible through a small telescope pointed toward the summertime constellations of Ophiuchus, Scorpius, and Sagittarius.
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Gallery Explorer: Rho Ophiuchi Cloud
One of the most striking nearby star-forming regions is the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud. New images from Spitzer reveal its infrared wonders. Hidden Universe HD: NASA...
Absolutely phenomenal Maj William W. 'Bill' Price and only at 400 light years away from us! It doesn't sound like much, but that amounts to some 122.6 Parsecs, or 25,296,430.8 AUs or 37,182,322,906.80 miles when one does the conversions... I found an interesting short video which discusses Rho Ophiuchi in some detail and it may lend additional information about it!
https://youtu.be/oCpw6_c8aes
Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Maj Marty Hogan COL Mikel J. Burroughs SSG Byron Howard Sr Lt Col Charlie Brown Maj Robert Thornton CWO3 Dennis M. LTC Wayne Brandon Sgt Deborah Cornatzer PO3 Bob McCord CW5 Jack Cardwell TSgt Joe C. SFC Stephen Lucas SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth SP5 Mark Kuzinski SPC Douglas Bolton SPC Mark Huddleston LTC Stephen F.
https://youtu.be/oCpw6_c8aes
Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Maj Marty Hogan COL Mikel J. Burroughs SSG Byron Howard Sr Lt Col Charlie Brown Maj Robert Thornton CWO3 Dennis M. LTC Wayne Brandon Sgt Deborah Cornatzer PO3 Bob McCord CW5 Jack Cardwell TSgt Joe C. SFC Stephen Lucas SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth SP5 Mark Kuzinski SPC Douglas Bolton SPC Mark Huddleston LTC Stephen F.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day Mentions: MSgt Robert "Rock" Aldi SrA Marianne Santangelo LTC (Join to see) SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth TSgt David L. TSgt Tim (lj) Littlejohn SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL Sgt (Join to see) Maj Rev. Fr. Samuel WATERS - Traditional RC Priest Col Carl Whicker SSG Donald H "Don" Bates SPC Margaret Higgins SSG Jose M. Hernandezsanchez LTJG Josh Thaxton SGT Kevin Foley Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth cmsgt-rickey-denicke-sr MSgt Stephen Council CWO3 Dave Alcantara Sgt John H.
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Maj William W. 'Bill' Price - GOOD MORNING; AND HAVE A PHENOMENAL MONDAY; AND WEEK, BILL! :-)
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The colors we see in our universe are just amazing. Thank you for another great post.
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