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The molecular cloud LBN 0015 in the Serpent
 

 
Objektbeschreibung:

The molecular clouds around LBN 15 are located directly east of the bright asterism around µ Serpentis in the constellation Snake. The three brightest stars are already visible to the naked eye and cause the blue horizontal reflections in the left half of the image. The molecular cloud has a distance of about 360 light years from the solar system and a diameter of about 10 light years.





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