Barnard 281
DSS image of Barnard 281
Overlaid DSS image of Barnard 281, 60' x 60' with north at top and west to the right

Aladin viewer for the region around Barnard 281
B281

Type  Dark Nebula
Magnitude  
Size  33'
Right Ascension  17h 45'  (2000)
Declination  23° 0' S
Constellation  Sagittarius
Observing Notes

E.E. Barnard
25cm f/5 Astrograph

Dark loop close E of CD-23°13548 (8.1 arcmin).
― A Photographic Atlas of Selected Regions of the Milky Way, E.E. Barnard, 1927
Other Data Sources for Barnard 281
Associated objects for Barnard 281
Nearby objects for Barnard 281
6 objects found within 60'
Barnard 282 PK3+2.1 PK3+3.2
PK4+1.1 PK4+2.1 PK5+3.1
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Barnard 281