Barnard's Loop (Sharpless 276)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 150 arcminutes across.

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From Cambridge , Barnard's Loop is visible between 21:24 and 04:45. It will become accessible at around 21:24, when it rises to an altitude of 21° above your south-eastern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 01:05, 43° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 04:45 when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.

Name Barnard's Loop (Sharpless 276)
Object type HII region
Other names
Barnard's Loop
Sh2- 276[1]
Position
Right ascension:05h27m [1]
Declination:−03°57' [1]
Constellation:Orion

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