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Barnard's Loop
Barnard's Loop is a large emission nebula in the constellation Orion, forming a semicircular arc around the Orion Nebula. It is part of the Orion molecular cloud complex and is believed to have been formed by a supernova explosion approximately 2 million years ago.
Source: constellation-guide.com
APODs including "Barnard's Loop"
Camera Orion Rising
31/01/2024
Deep Nebulas: From Seagull to California
23/01/2024
The Orion You Can Almost See
16/01/2024
LDN 1622: The Boogeyman Nebula
25/01/2023
Orion Pines
16/04/2022
Point Reyes Milky Way
12/03/2022
From Orion to the Southern Cross
18/01/2022
From Auriga to Orion
22/03/2021
North of Orion's Belt
05/11/2020
Orion over Argentine Mountains
09/06/2020
A 212-Hour Exposure of Orion
29/03/2020
LDN 1622: Dark Nebula in Orion
21/02/2020
Decorating the Sky
12/12/2019
The Orion You Can Almost See
21/08/2019
The Interstellar Clouds of Orion
05/06/2019
LDN 1622: Dark Nebula in Orion
02/02/2019
Orion in Red and Blue
14/10/2018
Camera Orion
21/03/2018
A Kalahari Sky
30/05/2017
A Zodiacal Sky over Horseshoe Bend
22/05/2017
Dark Nebula LDN 1622 and Barnard's Loop
06/04/2017
Orion and Official Star Names
04/12/2016
Orion in Red and Blue
13/04/2016
A 212-Hour Exposure of Orion
23/11/2015
Orion Over and Under Tibet
05/10/2015
The Clouds of Orion the Hunter
16/03/2015
Comet Lovejoy in a Winter Sky
28/01/2015
The Gegenschein Over Chile
14/01/2014
Barnard Stares at NGC 2170
19/01/2013
Deep Orion Over the Canary Islands
23/01/2012