Barnard 57 (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 57 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:18 (PDT), 26° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:14, 33° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 01:51, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.

Name Barnard 57
Object type Dark nebula
Part of The Pipe Nebula
Other names
B 57[1]
LDN 11[2]
Position
Right ascension:17h08m [1]
Declination:−22°49' [1]
Constellation:Ophiuchus

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