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The Snake Nebula in Ophiuchus Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap960811.html #SnakNebula #DarkAbsorptioClouds #InterstelarDust #Opiuchus #Constelation #Asronomy#Space#Stars #NghtSky Cosmos #Uiverse #AstroPhotgraphy#Astro #cience Nature #Stagazing #MilkyWay

A black and white image of the Snake Nebula, a series of dark absorption clouds located in the constellation Ophiuchus. The nebula appears as dark lanes against a backdrop of stars. These lanes are caused by interstellar dust grains, which absorb visible light and reradiate it as infrared radiation.
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What slithers there? The dark curly lanes visible in part of the constellation Ophiuchus belong to the Snake Nebula. The Snake Nebula is a series of dark absorption clouds. Interstellar dust grains - composed predominantly of carbon - absorb visible starlight and reradiate much of it in the

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