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The Pipe Nebula (Barnard 78) and surrounds, Frank Alvaro
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The Pipe Nebula (Barnard 78) and surrounds

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The Pipe Nebula (Barnard 78) and surrounds

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The Pipe Nebula (also known as Barnard 59, 65–67, and 78) is a dark nebula in the Ophiuchus constellation and a part of the Dark Horse Nebula. It is a large but readily apparent smoking pipe-shaped dust lane that obscures the Milky Way star clouds behind it.(Wikipedia)
The Pipe Nebula is part of the Ophiuchus dark cloud complex located at a distance of about 450 light-years. Dense cores of gas and dust within the Pipe Nebula are collapsing to form stars. (NASA Science)

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The Pipe Nebula (Barnard 78) and surrounds, Frank Alvaro