Name: "Barnard's E" nebula.

Constellation:Aquila

Instrument:8-inch F5 reflector with Sky Watcher coma corrector and ASI 2600 (gain 100 -20c).

Exposure time: A stack of 40 ninety-second exposures.

Star Chart from Michael Vlasov's Deep sky hunter star atlas available on line https://www.deepskywatch.com/deep-sky-hunter-atlas.html

 
 

Angular size: 30'

This dark nebula is located just northwest of the star Aquila. It is a large object that is composed of two separate nebula, which take on the shape of a capital letter "E".

 

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