List of dark nebulae
This is a list of dark nebulae (absorption nebulae), also called "dark clouds".
Close up on the Orion Arm, with major stellar associations (yellow), nebulae (red) and dark nebulae (grey) around the Local Bubble.
List[]
- E Nebula ()
- Barnard 68, possibly the closest to Earth at about 400 light-years.
- (Sandqvist and Lindroos, SL 39-41), another close dark nebula of the Corona Australis Molecular Cloud, which includes NGC 6729
Named absorption nebulae[]
See also the references to names from other cultures at dark cloud constellations:
The Horsehead Nebula
- Coalsack Nebula
- Cone Nebula
- Dark Doodad Nebula
- Dark Horse Nebula
- Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33)
- Pipe Nebula (also see Dark Horse Nebula; includes Barnard 59, and 78)
- Snake Nebula (also see Dark Horse Nebula)
- Keyhole Nebula
Barnard objects[]
- Barnard 30
- Barnard 33 - Horsehead Nebula
- Barnard 67 - part of Pipe Nebula
- Barnard 68 - possibly the closest at about 400 light-years
- Barnard 72 - Snake Nebula
- - dark part of the Trifid Nebula
- - dark part of the Lagoon Nebula
- Barnard 142 - E Nebula
- Barnard 143 - E Nebula
- Barnard 146
- Barnard 147
- Barnard 150
- - dark lane associated with IC 5146
- Barnard 203
See also[]
- Lists of astronomical objects
- Nebula
- Dark nebulae
- Bok globules
External links[]
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