Type | Dark Nebula |
---|---|
Magnitude | |
Size | 25' x 22' @ 90° |
Right Ascension | 18h 50' (2000) |
Declination | 4° 46' S |
Constellation | Scutum |
Classification | 6 Ir G |
Andrew Cooper
Jul 22, 2020 Waikoloa, HI (map)
20cm f/6 Newtonian, Cave Astrola @ 61x
Seeing: 5 Transparency: 7 Moon: 0%
A nearly starless void just 20' northwest of NGC6704, irregular and mottled, part of a complex of dark nebulae that spans much of the west side of Scutum
E.E. Barnard
25cm f/5 Astrograph
Irregular, diam. 11', free of stars, a small star near the W edge."― A Photographic Atlas of Selected Regions of the Milky Way, E.E. Barnard, 1927
Barnard 104 | Barnard 111 | Barnard 117a |
Beta Scuti | NGC 6704 | R Scuti |
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