Barnard 157
DSS image of Barnard 157
Overlaid DSS image of Barnard 157, 30' x 30' with north at top and west to the right

Aladin viewer for the region around Barnard 157
B157

Type  Dark Nebula
Magnitude  
Size  5'
Right Ascension  21h 33'  (2000)
Declination  54° 41' N
Constellation  Cygnus
Classification  4 C G
Observing Notes

E.E. Barnard
25cm f/5 Astrograph

Round, diam 5', 8' +/- W of BD+54°2576 (8.3 arcmin), a semi-circle of faint stars forms the western border."
― A Photographic Atlas of Selected Regions of the Milky Way, E.E. Barnard, 1927
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Barnard 157