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The Pipe Nebula: Wide-field View | ESO

The Pipe Nebula: Wide-field View | ESO

This picture shows Barnard 59, part of a vast dark cloud of interstellar dust called the Pipe Nebula. This new and very detailed image of what is known as a dark nebula was captured by the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory. 

Distance: 600 light years


Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Release Date: August 15, 2012


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