- The giant star Zeta Ophiuchi and a veil of space dust. A single image from the Spitzer Space Telescope
- Zeta Ophiuchi is like a ship plowing through cosmic seas, it produces the arcing interstellar bow wave or bow shock seen in this stunning infrared portrait.
- Zeta Oph is 65,000 times more luminous than the Sun and would be one of the brighter stars in the sky if it weren’t surrounded by obscuring dust.