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7 relations: Barnard 68, Dark Horse (astronomy), Dust lane, Minute and second of arc, Nebula, Ophiuchus, Pipe Nebula.
Barnard 68
Barnard 68 is a molecular cloud, dark absorption nebula or Bok globule, towards the southern constellation Ophiuchus and well within our own galaxy at a distance of about 400 light-years, so close that not a single star can be seen between it and the Sun.
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Dark Horse (astronomy)
The Dark Horse Nebula or Great Dark Horse (sometimes called The Prancing Horse) is a large dark nebula, which as seen from Earth, obscures part of the upper central bulge of the Milky Way.
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Dust lane
A dust lane is a relatively dense obscuring band of interstellar dust, observed as a dark swath against the background of a brighter object, especially a galaxy.
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Minute and second of arc
A minute of arc, arcminute (arcmin), arc minute, or minute arc is a unit of angular measurement equal to of one degree.
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Nebula
A nebula (Latin for "cloud" or "fog"; pl. nebulae, nebulæ, or nebulas) is an interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium and other ionized gases.
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Ophiuchus
Ophiuchus is a large constellation straddling the celestial equator.
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Pipe Nebula
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.
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