Type | Dark Nebula |
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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 |
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
15 Ophiuchi | Omega Ophiuchi |
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