Ink Spot Nebula

At a glance

Type

Dark nebula

Right ascension

18h 03m 01.7s

Declination

−27° 52′

Angular size

5x3′

Catalogue

B086

Also catalogued as

B86, BARNARD86, BARN86

The outline on your card

A compact, almost opaque dark blob lies beside the star cluster NGC 6520.

Outline class

Silhouette

Axis ratio

0.60 : 1

Central source

No central source

Surface brightness

Very low

Recorded structure

Ink spot

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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