Pipe Nebula

At a glance

Type

Dark nebula

Right ascension

17h 11m 23.5s

Declination

−27° 29′

Angular size

60x36′

Catalogue

B059

Also catalogued as

B59, BARNARD59, BARN59

The outline on your card

A dark dust complex whose bowl-and-stem shape stands out against the rich Ophiuchus star fields.

Outline class

Silhouette

Axis ratio

0.60 : 1

Central source

No central source

Surface brightness

Very low

Recorded structure

Pipe

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