Type | Dark Nebula |
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Magnitude | |
Size | 20' x 18' |
Right Ascension | 18h 51' (2000) |
Declination | 6° 40' S |
Constellation | Scutum |
Description | 13"-dark lane runs south of CL M11 |
Classification | 4 Ir |
Andrew Cooper
Jul 22, 2020 Waikoloa, HI (map)
20cm f/6 Newtonian, Cave Astrola @ 61x
Seeing: 5 Transparency: 7 Moon: 0%
A distinct dark cloud just south of M11 about 15' x 15', some faint stars involved, isolated from the dark structures of the surrounding region
E.E. Barnard
25cm f/5 Astrograph
Diffused dark region, diam. 18 +/-, perhaps due to want of stars."― A Photographic Atlas of Selected Regions of the Milky Way, E.E. Barnard, 1927
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