Barnard 42 (Dark nebula)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

From Cambridge , Barnard 42 is visible from soon after it rises, at 14:59, until soon before it sets at 00:00.

Name Barnard 42

Object type Dark nebula

Other names

B 42^[1]
LDN 1696^[2]

Position

Sources

^[1]	Barnard's Catalogue of 349 Dark Objects in the Sky (Barnard, 1927)

^[2]	"Catalogue of Dark Nebulae", B.T. Lynds, 1962, Astrophysical Journal Supplement

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