Barnard 147
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Barnard 147 Is a snake-like dark nebula
Nebula
A nebula is an interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen gas, helium gas and other ionized gases...

 in the Cygnus constellation
Cygnus (constellation)
Cygnus is a northern constellation lying on the plane of the Milky Way. Its name is the Latinized Hellenic word for swan. One of the most recognizable constellations of the northern summer and autumn, it features a prominent asterism known as the Northern Cross...

. It is a well-defined dark area just below open cluster NGC 6871 and represented well in the upper left section of the image presented. It is in close proximity to Barnard 146, the larger dark area in the upper right corner of the image shown here.

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