The Pipe Nebula
LDN 1773
(Lynd's Catalogue of Dark Nebulae)
including B 77, B 78 and B 59
(Barnard's Catalogue of Dark Nebulae)
| Date: | 6/1994
| Time: |
| Exposure: |
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| Field of View: | 13o x 16o
| Emulsion: | Scotchchrome 400
| Filter: | none
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| Instrument: | f=100mm 1/4.0
| Place: |
Cerro Tololo
| Observer: | Sven Kohle
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© Copyright by the observers
In the
constellation of
Ophiuchus lies this dark nebulosity resembling a smoking pipe
(see the neighboring
constellation of
Scorpius for a wide field view). Close to the center of our milky way
this dark patch can be recognized by naked eye in between of rich star clouds.
Interstellar dust is absorbing the light of the starclouds behind.
