Barnard 311
DSS image of Barnard 311
Overlaid DSS image of Barnard 311, 30' x 30' with north at top and west to the right

Aladin viewer for the region around Barnard 311
B311

Type  Dark Nebula
Magnitude  
Size  6'
Right Ascension  18h 29'  (2000)
Declination  17° 4' S
Constellation  Sagittarius
Observing Notes

Andrew Cooper
Aug 30, 2008    Hale Pohaku, HI (map)
76mm APO @ 14x
Seeing: 7 Transparency: 7.5 Moon: 0%

Small, indistinct, moderately dark, a fairly large region around seems darker but only this patch is obvious

E.E. Barnard
25cm f/5 Astrograph

Black, elliptical, diam. 6' NE and SW, in a semi-vacant strip 35' long."
― A Photographic Atlas of Selected Regions of the Milky Way, E.E. Barnard, 1927
Other Data Sources for Barnard 311
Nearby objects for Barnard 311
4 objects found within 60'
NGC 6645 NGC 6647
SS Sagittarii
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Barnard 311