Nebula 037 / 100
Rho Ophiuchi Nebula
IC4604
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At a glance
- Type
- Emission nebula (H II region)
- Constellation
- Oph
- Right ascension
- 16h 25m 31.2s
- Declination
- −23° 26′
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.1
- Angular size
- 60x25′
- Catalogue
- IC4604
Located in Ophiuchus.
The outline on your card
A luminous streamer of gas glows around the star Rho Ophiuchi against dark clouds.
- Outline class
- Patchy
- Axis ratio
- 0.42 : 1
- Central source
- Single central star
- Surface brightness
- High
- Recorded structure
- Dark lane · Filaments
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