Barnard 72, The Snake Nebula, is a winding dust lane in the Ophiuchus constellation. This dark nebula obscures the dense stars in our Milky Way Galaxy.

This image is a stack of 17 five-minute subs taken with the Celestron Nightscape on the 11" Edge HD with 0.7x focal reducer. Vignetting and thermal amp noise were a problem with this shot.

Image Center:	View full size annotated image.
Right Ascension:	17h 24m 3.498s (261° 0m 52.468s)
Declination:	-23° 38m 40.012s
Orientation:	Up is 4.1 degrees West of North.
Image Size:	31.494' x 23.788'	Pixel Scale:	0.503"

Principal objects in field:

All identified catalog objects: HD 157471, HD 157570