Barnard 121
DSS image of Barnard 121
Overlaid DSS image of Barnard 121, 60' x 60' with north at top and west to the right

Aladin viewer for the region around Barnard 121
B121

Type  Dark Nebula
Magnitude  
Right Ascension  18h 55'  (2000)
Declination  4° 5' 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 small dark blot in a structure spanning the field, this dark region includes B117a and B119a, small, just a few arcmin across, dark and starless

E.E. Barnard
25cm f/5 Astrograph

Small dusky spot, 12 mag. Star in center."
― A Photographic Atlas of Selected Regions of the Milky Way, E.E. Barnard, 1927
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Nearby objects for Barnard 121
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Barnard 121