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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
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                                  2025 August 29   
      
                             A Dark Veil in Ophiuchus   
                    Image Credit & Copyright: Katelyn Beecroft   
      
      Explanation: The diffuse hydrogen-alpha glow of emission region Sh2-27   
      fills this cosmic scene. The field of view spans nearly 3 degrees   
      across the nebula-rich constellation Ophiuchus toward the central Milky   
      Way. A Dark Veil of wispy interstellar dust clouds draped across the   
      foreground is chiefly identified as LDN 234 and LDN 204 from the 1962   
      Catalog of Dark Nebulae by American astronomer Beverly Lynds. Sh2-27   
      itself is the large but faint HII region surrounding runaway O-type   
      star Zeta Ophiuchi. Along with the Zeta Oph HII region, LDN 234 and LDN   
      204 are likely 500 or so light-years away. At that distance, this   
      telescopic frame would be about 25 light-years wide.   
      
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