Type | Dark Nebula |
---|---|
Magnitude | |
Size | 30' x 30' |
Right Ascension | 18h 25' (2000) |
Declination | 11° 48' S |
Constellation | Scutum |
Classification | 5 C G |
Andrew Cooper
Aug 30, 2008 Hale Pohaku, HI (map)
76mm APO @ 14x
Seeing: 7 Transparency: 7.5 Moon: 0%
Large, 1° x ½°, reasonably dark with few encompassed stars, no distinct edges, just a soft dark region gradually darker to the center
E.E. Barnard
25cm f/5 Astrograph
Large, indefinite, diam. 30', elongated."― A Photographic Atlas of Selected Regions of the Milky Way, E.E. Barnard, 1927
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