Barnard 40
Overlaid DSS image of Barnard 40, 30' x 30' with north at top and west to the right
Aladin viewer for the region around Barnard 40
B40
| Type | Dark Nebula |
|---|---|
| Magnitude | |
| Size | 15' x 15' |
| Right Ascension | 16h 14' (2000) |
| Declination | 18° 54' S |
| Constellation | Scorpius |
| Classification | 3 |
Observing Notes
E.E. Barnard
25cm f/5 Astrograph
Diffused dark spot, diam. 15', small star in it. This spot and B 41 are connected with the great nebula about Ny Scorpii and are doubtless denser opaque masses of the nebula. There is a larger dark region belonging to this same system in a = 16h 23m, d = -19°30' (B 43), from which broken dark lanes somewhat like those from Rho Ophiuchi, though less marked, run eastward for some degrees."― A Photographic Atlas of Selected Regions of the Milky Way, E.E. Barnard, 1927
Other Data Sources for Barnard 40
Nearby objects for Barnard 40
6 objects found within 60'
| IC 4592 | Jabbah | Nu Scorpii A |
| Nu Scorpii B | Nu Scorpii CD | Sharjah |
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Barnard 40