The Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex is a region of this sky in the southern portion of the constellation Ophiuchus. This nebula stretches into the boundaries of Scorpius and lies close to Antares, the brightest star of the in Scorpius. It is estimated to be 3,000 times more massive than our own Sun. This stellar nursery is close to our own Solar System at an estimated 400 to 460 lightyears away.

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1:05 Star Map of Ophiuchus
3:03 Celestial Object in Ophiuchus
3:33 Map of Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex
5:37 Overview of Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex
10:26 Photo Attributes

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Photo Sources:
Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex: By Judy Schmidt from Fresh Meadows, NY, USA Infrared Rho Ophiuchi Complex, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Rho Ophiuchi and Milky Way: By ESO/S. Guisard (www.eso.org/~sguisard) http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0... (direct link)0.3 Gigapixel mosaic of the same region, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Rho Ophiuchi Complex: By NASA, JPLCaltech, HarvardSmithsonian CfA APOD 20080215. [1]Image is an excerpt of http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/spi... from en.wikipedia to Commons by TheDJ using CommonsHelper., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Rho Ophiuchi and Antares: By Giuseppe Donatiello Rho Ophiuchi team Merge RGB, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...