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Reflection nebula · Taurus

Barnard's Merope Nebula

Deep skyIC 349

Scientific overview

Barnard's Merope Nebula is a reflection nebula in the constellation Taurus. It spans about 25.7 arcminutes of sky.

Location in the sky

Constellation
Taurus
RA / Dec
3.7723h / 23.9398°
Hemisphere
Northern
Season
Winter

Precision measurements

Distances and velocities from SIMBAD · IC 349

Radial velocity-44.4 ± 5.42 km/sSIMBAD · measured
Right ascension (ICRS)56.58875 degSIMBAD · measured
Declination (ICRS)23.941111 degSIMBAD · measured
Full field-level provenance
  • Radial velocity: Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS) · SIMBAD · basic · rvz_radvel · 1999AJ....117.1402B · direct catalogue measurement · retrieved 2026-07-11
  • Right ascension (ICRS): Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS) · SIMBAD · basic · ra · 1999AJ....117.1402B · direct catalogue measurement · retrieved 2026-07-11
  • Declination (ICRS): Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS) · SIMBAD · basic · dec · 1999AJ....117.1402B · direct catalogue measurement · retrieved 2026-07-11

Physical size is derived from the OpenNGC angular size and the catalogued distance (small-angle: size = angle × distance). This is a Galactic object: its Doppler shift is shown as a radial velocity, not a cosmological redshift. Fields a source did not provide are omitted, never invented.

ObjectTypeMagSize (′)
NGC 1746NGC 1746Open cluster6.118
NGC 1647NGC 1647Open cluster6.427
NGC 1807NGC 1807Open cluster75.4
NGC 1817NGC 1817Open cluster7.79.3
Crab NebulaM 1 · NGC 1952Supernova remnant8.48
Hind's NebulaNGC 1555Reflection nebula9.981.82
Maia NebulaNGC 1432H II region60
Merope NebulaNGC 1435Nebula30

Sources

The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.

  • OpenNGCOpenNGC (M. Verga) — NGC/IC, Messier, and Caldwell catalogue data

    Openly-licensed deep-sky catalogue: object types, positions, magnitudes, sizes, morphology, and cross-identifiers.