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About the Object	Object Name: Rho Oph Object Type: Star Forming Region Position (J2000): RA: 16h27m12.5s Dec: -24d19m30s Distance: 125 pc, 407 light-years Constellation: Ophiuchus / Scorpius
About the Data	Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/L. Allen (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) Instrument: IRAC and MIPS Exposure Date: March 7, 18, 19, 2004 Exposure Time: IRAC - 48 seconds per position; MIPS - 30 seconds per position Release Date: February 11, 2007
Observers	G.G. Fazio (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) P.C. Myers (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) L. Allen (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) S.T. Megeath (University of Toledo) E.T. Young (University of Arizona) J. Muzerolle (University of Arizona) N.J. Evans II (University of Texas) G.A. Blake (Caltech) P.M. Harvey (University of Colorado) D.W. Koerner (Northern Arizona University) L.G. Mundy (University of Maryland) D.L. Padgett (Spitzer Science Center) A.I. Sargent (Caltech) K.R. Stapelfeldt (JPL) E.F. van Dishoeck (Leiden University)

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