Barnard 85
DSS image of Barnard 85
Overlaid DSS image of Barnard 85, 30' x 30' with north at top and west to the right

Aladin viewer for the region around Barnard 85
Dark regions of Trifid Nebula
B85

Type  Dark Nebula
Magnitude  
Size  15'
Right Ascension  18h 2'  (2000)
Declination  23° 1' S
Constellation  Sagittarius
Observing Notes

Andrew Cooper
May 28, 2006    Gila, NM (map)
46cm f/4.5 Deep Violet

Across the face of the Trifid nebula are a set of dark bands dividing the nebula into four parts, very dark and distinct against the emission nebula background, unable to see any trace beyond the nebula

E.E. Barnard
25cm f/5 Astrograph

Trifid nebula. This is the southern part of the Trifid nebula, NGC 6514. The dark markings in this nebula are too well known to insert in this catalogue."
― A Photographic Atlas of Selected Regions of the Milky Way, E.E. Barnard, 1927
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Barnard 85