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Ophiuchus Molecular Cloud

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Right ascension: 16h 28m 06.00s
Declination: −24° 32′ 30.0″
Galactic l, b: 353.22, 16.53
Redshift z: 0.028
Radial velocity: 8,276.7 km/s
Angular size: 600′ × 480′

Also known as

18 identifiers

INTREF 691LDN 1688XSS J16271-2423Oph CloudOphiuchusOphiuchus CloudOphiuchus Dark CloudOphiuchus Molecular CloudOphiuchus RegionOPHIUCUSOph Molecular CloudOph Regionrho Oph Cloudrho Oph Dark Cloudrho Ophiuchi Cloudrho Ophiuchus CloudRHO OPH MCLDrho Oph Region

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
[GY92] 472	TTauri*	85.04″	—
BKLT J162813-243249	OrionV*	108.1″	—
BKLT J162813-243139	YSO	116.4″	—
JCMTSF J162758.6-243343	denseCore	127.4″	—
[GY92] 450	YSO	132.9″	—
[GY92] 461	YSO Candidate	139.9″	—
[GY92] 463	TTauri*	147.3″	—
2MASS J16275889-2435144	YSO Candidate	190.9″	—
YLW 52	YSO	198.7″	—
BKLT J162811-242920	Star	202.5″	—
2CXO J162750.3-243149	X	216.8″	—

Provenance

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/ophiuchus-molecular-cloud · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.