Dark Nebula
by European Southern Observatory / Science Photo Library
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Dark Nebula
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European Southern Observatory / Science Photo Library
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Photograph - Photograph
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Dark nebula B68. Optical image of Barnard 68, a dark nebula of gas and dust. The nebula is so dense that it obscures the light from stars behind it. It is thought such nebulae are precursors of stellar formation. B68 is 500 light years from Earth in the constellation Ophiuchus. This image was made with the 8.2-metre Very Large Telescope 'Antu' at the Cerro Paranal Observatory, Chile.
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September 25th, 2018
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