CD-25 11111B / IRAS 15462-2551 / PDS 144N
Scorpius
Circumstellar protoplanetary disk around an intermediate-mass YSO
RA 15:49:15.5
DEC -26:00:50.2
Vmag +14.2
Size 1’ x 1’
Dist 475 light-years...
With my old self-made 6" Newtonian telescope I observed these nebulae on August 5, 2005, from Southern France. I observed it with a 40 mm eye piece which IIRC was a Plössl eye piece so with a...
With a pair of 10x50 binoculars: "Both B-142 & B-143 are in the same field of binoculars. Opacity = 3 (B-143), Opacity = 4 (B-142). Relatively blank but not totally black. West of Altair."
Dark Nebula
Aquila
RA: 19 40 42
Dec: +10 57
Barnard’s E – note that B143 is the northern, more distinctive part, with B142 below. Photo credit: Hunter Wilson
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