The Ophiucus Molecular Cloud is a rich star forming region featuring the open cluster Collinder 302 , with also other nice DSO in the field of view: Antares, vdB 107, IC 4603, IC 46...
Formerly thought to be an Sa or maybe Sb galaxy (Shapley-Ames Catalog, 2nd Ed.), this is now known to be a peculiar galaxy with some characteristics of an exponential-type elliptical ga...