Barnard 45
DSS image of Barnard 45
Overlaid DSS image of Barnard 45, 120' x 120' with north at top and west to the right

Aladin viewer for the region around Barnard 45
B45

Type  Dark Nebula
Magnitude  
Size  120' x 120'
Right Ascension  16h 40'  (2000)
Declination  22° 16' S
Constellation  Ophiuchus
Description  4"-not very prominent, averted vision only
Classification  5 Ir
Observing Notes

E.E. Barnard
25cm f/5 Astrograph

Rather definite, 2° long. Extended northeast and southwest with an irregular projection southwest that connects it with the Rho Ophiuchi region. This appears to be a real, dark object."
― A Photographic Atlas of Selected Regions of the Milky Way, E.E. Barnard, 1927
Other Data Sources for Barnard 45
Nearby objects for Barnard 45
2 objects found within 120'
15 Ophiuchi Omega Ophiuchi
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Barnard 45