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The nebulae region around Antares, LDN 1681, 1689 and 1691,
Messier 4 and NGC 6144 |
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Short objct description
The surroundings of Antares, the brightest star in the
Constellation Scorpio, is one of the most colorful regions in the sky. Besides
typical blue reflection nebulae the red giant Antares also the dust surrounding
it and produces a rare yellow Reflection nebula. In between are only weakly
illuminated dark nebulae embedded. These absorb to a large extent the light of
the far distant background stars and thus become "visible". On the right side,
the blue star sigma Scorpii can cause a ionize part of the adjacent gases and
is responsible for the red emission nebula responsible. |
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+ Wolfgang Paech |