Barnard's E Nebula

At a glance

Type

Dark nebula

Right ascension

19h 39m 41.3s

Declination

+10° 31′

Angular size

40x24′

Catalogue

B142

Also catalogued as

B142, BARNARD142, BARN142

The outline on your card

Two crossing dark lanes together form a clear capital E against the Milky Way.

Outline class

Silhouette

Axis ratio

0.60 : 1

Central source

No central source

Surface brightness

Very low

Recorded structure

Letter e

The card front carries no text by design: the glyph is drawn from this object's own silhouette, so the outline is the only clue you get until you scan it.

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