Hissss. The Snake Nebula, scientifically known as Barnard 72, is an amazing 650 light-year distant dark nebula in the constellation Ophiuchus. Dark Nebula are a certain type of nebula that block the light from the stars behind them. Other famous dark nebula include the Horsehead Nebula, Barnard 33 in the constellation Orion.

You would probably like to observe such an object in the sky, but most dark nebula only look good on photographs, because only these are able to gather enough light to give a high contrast, necessary for their viewing. The Snake Nebula is an exception. You can observe with starting at 4 inch telescopes and over provided that you have clear, pure skies

Get your scopes cooling, and check out the Wikipedia Article for the nebula’s coordinates in Right Ascension and Declination.

Rattle rattle,
Clement

Image Credit: Canada France Hawaii Telescope