Barnard 117a
DSS image of Barnard 117a
Overlaid DSS image of Barnard 117a, 30' x 30' with north at top and west to the right

Aladin viewer for the region around Barnard 117a
B117a

Type  Dark Nebula
Magnitude  
Size  10'
Right Ascension  18h 53'  (2000)
Declination  4° 49' S
Constellation  Scutum
Observing Notes

Andrew Cooper
Jul 22, 2020    Waikoloa, HI (map)
20cm f/6 Newtonian, Cave Astrola @ 61x
Seeing: 5 Transparency: 7 Moon: 0%

A dark cloud just south of a line of six 7-9th magnitude stars, part of the complex of dark structures that span the field and includes B119a and B121, an eastern extension of B111
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Barnard 117a