Barnard 59 (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 59 is visible between 23:25 and 03:29. It will become accessible at around 23:25, when it rises to an altitude of 21° above your south-eastern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 01:27, 28° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 03:29 when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.

Name Barnard 59
Object type Dark nebula
Part of The Pipe Nebula
Other names
B 59[1]
LDN 1746[2]
Position
Right ascension:17h11m [1]
Declination:−27°29' [1]
Constellation:Ophiuchus

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