SPX-2-167
False-colour IR · R 3.29 / G 1.91 / B 0.85 µmN↑ E←
B1 0.75B2 1.11B3 1.66B4 2.44B5 3.83B6 4.434.99 µm
RegionOphiuchus≈ 460 ly
ρ Ophiuchi Cloud Complex
Rho Oph · LDN 1688
One of the closest stellar nurseries, a tangle of dust lanes and reflection nebulae near Antares.
Why it matters at 0.75–5 µm
SPHEREx targets interstellar ices (H₂O at 3.0 µm, CO₂ at 4.27 µm, CO at 4.67 µm) by measuring background starlight shining through clouds like this one.
Identity
RA (ICRS)16h 27m 09.6s
Dec (ICRS)−24° 32′ 24″
Object typeDark molecular cloud
ClassificationLiterature (SIMBAD-equivalent)
SPHEREx data
Order-5 tileSPX-5-10745
Cube pixel(145, 112)
Channels102 · 0.75–5.0 µm
Flagged channels…
SPHEREx spectrum at ρ Ophiuchi Cloud Complex
DR1 calibrated cubeFITS
Npix10745_cube.fits · pixel (145, 112) — single 12.9″ pixel at the catalogue position, not an aperture photometry measurement.
Reading 306 values from the 320 MB cube with byte-range requests… 0.0s
Spectral Scout
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