Barnard 126 (Dark nebula)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.

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From South El Monte , Barnard 126 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:18 (PDT), 24° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 01:04, 51° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:31, 27° above your south-western horizon.

Name Barnard 126
Object type Dark nebula
Other names
B 126[1]
LDN 556[2]
Position
Right ascension:18h59m [1]
Declination:−04°31' [1]
Constellation:Aquila

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