Type | Dark Nebula |
---|---|
Magnitude | |
Size | 19' x 19' |
Right Ascension | 17h 15' (2000) |
Declination | 20° 56' S |
Constellation | Ophiuchus |
Classification | 6 Ir |
E.E. Barnard
25cm f/5 Astrograph
Diam. 19', very black in NW part, brightest of three stars in S part = BD-20°4696 (9.4 arcmin)."― A Photographic Atlas of Selected Regions of the Milky Way, E.E. Barnard, 1927
Barnard 246 | Barnard 251 | Barnard 259 |
Barnard 261 | Barnard 57 | Barnard 60 |
Barnard 61 | Barnard 63 | Barnard 67a |
NGC 6342 | PK2+8.1 | Xi Ophiuchi |
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