Barnard 139
DSS image of Barnard 139
Overlaid DSS image of Barnard 139, 30' x 30' with north at top and west to the right

Aladin viewer for the region around Barnard 139
B139

Type  Dark Nebula
Magnitude  
Size  12' x 10'
Right Ascension  19h 18'  (2000)
Declination  1° 27' S
Constellation  Aquila
Classification  5 E G
Observing Notes

E.E. Barnard
25cm f/5 Astrograph

Narrow black spot, 10 mag. star on SE edge. This spot is at the southern end of B 138. It is comet shaped, about 4'x12'; very black and sharply defined on its south edge. This is apparently a real object"
― A Photographic Atlas of Selected Regions of the Milky Way, E.E. Barnard, 1927
Other Data Sources for Barnard 139
Nearby objects for Barnard 139
5 objects found within 60'
Barnard 137 d Aquilae IC 1298
NGC 6775 NGC 6778
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Barnard 139