Barnard's Merope Nebula

Scientific overview

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

RA / Dec

3.7723h / 23.9398°

Hemisphere

Northern

Season

Winter

Object	Type	Mag	Size (′)
NGC 1746NGC 1746	Open cluster	6.1	18
NGC 1647NGC 1647	Open cluster	6.4	27
NGC 1807NGC 1807	Open cluster	7	5.4
NGC 1817NGC 1817	Open cluster	7.7	9.3
Crab NebulaM 1 · NGC 1952	Supernova remnant	8.4	8
Hind's NebulaNGC 1555	Reflection nebula	9.98	1.82
Maia NebulaNGC 1432	H II region	—	60
Merope NebulaNGC 1435	Nebula	—	30

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

OpenNGCOpenNGC (M. Verga) — NGC/IC, Messier, and Caldwell catalogue data
Openly-licensed deep-sky catalogue: object types, positions, magnitudes, sizes, morphology, and cross-identifiers.

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