Catalogue · B · 1919
Barnard Catalogue of Dark Nebulae
The first systematic catalogue of dark nebulae, compiled by Edward Emerson Barnard from his pioneering photographs of the Milky Way. The 1919 list of 182 objects was later extended to 370; each 'B' object is a cloud of interstellar dust silhouetted against the star fields behind it, such as B33, the Horsehead Nebula.
Highlights
- ›The first catalogue of dark, dust-clouded nebulae
Related catalogues & sources
Across the catalogue layer
Knowledge connections
- Associated withNebula Catalogues
- Associated withSharpless Catalogue
- Associated withVizieR
- Associated withNebula Catalogues
- Associated withDark Nebula
- Associated withThe Horsehead Nebula
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- IAUInternational Astronomical Union
Official naming, definitions, constellation boundaries, and astronomical nomenclature.