Barnard 7
DSS image of Barnard 7
Overlaid DSS image of Barnard 7, 120' x 120' with north at top and west to the right

Aladin viewer for the region around Barnard 7
B7

Type  Dark Nebula
Magnitude  
Size  97'
Right Ascension  4h 17'  (2000)
Declination  28° 33' N
Constellation  Taurus
Classification  6 Ir
Observing Notes

Andrew Cooper
Aug 31, 2008    Hale Pohaku, HI (map)
76mm APO @ 14x
Seeing: 7 Transparency: 7.5 Moon: 0%

Very large, very dark, completely devoid of stars in much of the region, part of a complex with B10, B211 and B209, visually inseparable, edges indistinct

E.E. Barnard
25cm f/5 Astrograph

Large, irregular, with brighter condensation (B 10) in SE part.
― A Photographic Atlas of Selected Regions of the Milky Way, E.E. Barnard, 1927
Other Data Sources for Barnard 7
Nearby objects for Barnard 7
8 objects found within 120'
Barnard 10 Barnard 209 Barnard 214
Barnard 216 HD 27482 IC 359
NGC 1539 Phi Tauri
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Barnard 7