Barnard 47
DSS image of Barnard 47
Overlaid DSS image of Barnard 47, 30' x 30' with north at top and west to the right

Aladin viewer for the region around Barnard 47
B47

Type  Dark Nebula
Magnitude  
Size  15' x 15'
Right Ascension  16h 59'  (2000)
Declination  22° 34' S
Constellation  Ophiuchus
Classification  5 Ir
Observing Notes

E.E. Barnard
25cm f/5 Astrograph

Irregular, definite, diam. 15', connected with B 51 by two sharp lanes."
― A Photographic Atlas of Selected Regions of the Milky Way, E.E. Barnard, 1927
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Barnard 47