Harold Corwin

There is nothing at Barnard's nominal position (published only in the second IC) aside from some patchy obscuration. However, the IC object may be the very faint, extended nebulosity two degrees south, best seen on the blue survey images.

It's possible, of course, that Barnard's object is a defect on one of his plates. But he does not include the area in his atlas of Milky Way fields in the Lick Publications, Vol. 11, 1913, nor is it in his 1927 Atlas. For the record, his description from the IC reads, "eL, mE (30' by 10')".

― IC Notes by Harold Corwin

Drawings, descriptions, and CCD photos are copyright Andrew Cooper unless otherwise noted, no usage without permission.

A complete list of credits and sources can be found on the about page