Type | Dark Nebula |
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Magnitude | |
Size | 60' |
Right Ascension | 22h 2' (2000) |
Declination | 58° 49' N |
Constellation | Cepheus |
E.E. Barnard
25cm f/5 Astrograph
Elliptical black ring, diam 1°. This encloses an "island" of small stars. The dark ring is broadest on its east side where its thickness is 22'. The northern part is very black and straight. BD+58°2371 (8.5 arcmin) is in the northeast part of the "island" of stars."― A Photographic Atlas of Selected Regions of the Milky Way, E.E. Barnard, 1927
14 Cephei | 15 Cephei | |
Barnard 171 |
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