Barnard 249
DSS image of Barnard 249
Overlaid DSS image of Barnard 249, 30' x 30' with north at top and west to the right

Aladin viewer for the region around Barnard 249
B249

Type  Dark Nebula
Magnitude  
Size  5'
Right Ascension  17h 12'  (2000)
Declination  29° 13' S
Constellation  Ophiuchus
Observing Notes

E.E. Barnard
25cm f/5 Astrograph

Very thin short black line, 5' long, 20"+/- wide, 25' NW of N.G.C. 6304, small star at NE end."
― A Photographic Atlas of Selected Regions of the Milky Way, E.E. Barnard, 1927
Other Data Sources for Barnard 249
Nearby objects for Barnard 249
4 objects found within 60'
Barnard 243 Barnard 244
NGC 6304
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Barnard 249