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B142 Dark Nebula in Aquila

by

J.Lodriguss/Novapix

Reference

a-neb90-14201

Date

2006-08-26

B142 and B143 are a pair of dark nebulae in Aquila in the rich summer Milky Way star fields near Tarazed (Gamma Aquilae), the brightest star in this photo at magnitude 2.7. Dark nebula are clouds of non-luminous matter in space that obscure the stars behind them.