Barnard 163
Barnard 163 is a dark nebula within IC1396, a very large emission nebula complex in the constellation Cepheus. This interstellar cloud was discovered by Edward Emerson (E. E.) Barnard (1857-1923), an American astronomer and pioneer of astrophotography who began as an amateur comet hunter, earned a degree in mathematics and later worked at Lick Observatory and the University of Chicago. He is also the namesake of Barnard’s star, the second closest known star system to Earth.
Credit:T.A. Rector/University of Alaska Anchorage, H. Schweiker/WIYN and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
About the Image
Id: | noao0702b |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | Jan. 7, 2007 |
Related releases: | noao0702 |
Related announcements: | noaoann07002 |
Size: | 4000 x 4038 px |
About the Object
Name: | Barnard 163 |
Constellation: | Cepheus |
Category: | Nebulae |
Image Formats
Large JPEG
4.4 MB
Publication TIFF 4K
30.6 MB
Publication JPEG
4.4 MB
Screensize JPEG
543.1 KB
Coordinates
Position (RA): | 21 42 5.19 |
Position (Dec): | 56° 52' 10.29" |
Field of view: | 35.28 x 35.86 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 179.9° right of vertical |