List of dark nebulae - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Named absorption nebulae

See also the references to names from other cultures at dark cloud constellations:

Coalsack Nebula
Coalsack Nebula
The Coalsack Dark Nebula is the most prominent dark nebula in the skies, easily visible to the naked eye as a dark patch silhouetted against the southern Milky Way. It was known pre-historically in the Southern Hemisphere and was observed by Vicente Yáñez Pinzón in 1499...
Cone Nebula
Cone Nebula
The Cone Nebula is an H II region in the constellation of Monoceros. It was discovered by William Herschel on December 26, 1785, at which time he designated it H V.27. The nebula is located about 800 parsecs or 2,600 light-years away from Earth. The Cone Nebula forms part of the nebulosity...
Dark Horse Nebula
Dark Horse (astronomy)
The Dark Horse Nebula or Great Dark Horse is a large dark nebula, which as seen from Earth, obscures part of the upper central bulge of the Milky Way...
Horsehead Nebula
Horsehead Nebula
The Horsehead Nebula is a dark nebula in the constellation Orion. The nebula is located just to the south of the star Alnitak, which is farthest east on Orion's Belt, and is part of the much larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex. The Horsehead Nebula is approximately 1500 light years from Earth...

(Barnard 33)
Pipe Nebula
Pipe Nebula
The Pipe Nebula is a dark nebula in the Ophiuchus constellation. It is a large but readily apparent pipe shaped dust lane that obscures the Milky Way star clouds behind it...

(also see Dark Horse Nebula
Dark Horse (astronomy)
The Dark Horse Nebula or Great Dark Horse is a large dark nebula, which as seen from Earth, obscures part of the upper central bulge of the Milky Way...

; includes Barnard 59, 77 and 78)
Snake Nebula
Snake Nebula
The Snake Nebula is a dark nebula in the Ophiuchus constellation. It is a small but readily apparent S-shaped dust lane that snakes out in front of the Milky Way star clouds from the north-north-west edge of the bowl of the Pipe Nebula. Its thickness runs between 2′ and 3′ and runs...

(also see Dark Horse Nebula
Dark Horse (astronomy)
The Dark Horse Nebula or Great Dark Horse is a large dark nebula, which as seen from Earth, obscures part of the upper central bulge of the Milky Way...

)

Barnard objects

Barnard 1
Barnard 3
Barnard 5
Barnard 6
Barnard 7
Barnard 8
Barnard 11
Barnard 12
Barnard 13
Barnard 14
Barnard 15
Barnard 18
Barnard 20
Barnard 21
Barnard 24
Barnard 25
Barnard 28
Barnard 30
Barnard 32
Barnard 33 - Horsehead Nebula
Horsehead Nebula
The Horsehead Nebula is a dark nebula in the constellation Orion. The nebula is located just to the south of the star Alnitak, which is farthest east on Orion's Belt, and is part of the much larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex. The Horsehead Nebula is approximately 1500 light years from Earth...
Barnard 34
Barnard 35
Barnard 35
Barnard 36
Barnard 37
Barnard 40
Barnard 41
Barnard 42
Barnard 43
Barnard 44
Barnard 45
Barnard 51
Barnard 62
Barnard 63
Barnard 64
Barnard 67 - part of Pipe Nebula
Pipe Nebula
The Pipe Nebula is a dark nebula in the Ophiuchus constellation. It is a large but readily apparent pipe shaped dust lane that obscures the Milky Way star clouds behind it...
Barnard 68
Barnard 68
Barnard 68 is a molecular cloud, dark absorption nebula or Bok globule, towards the southern constellation Ophiuchus and well within our own galaxy at a distance of about 500 light-years, so close that not a single star can be seen between it and the Sun. American astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard...
Barnard 72 - Snake Nebula
Snake Nebula
The Snake Nebula is a dark nebula in the Ophiuchus constellation. It is a small but readily apparent S-shaped dust lane that snakes out in front of the Milky Way star clouds from the north-north-west edge of the bowl of the Pipe Nebula. Its thickness runs between 2′ and 3′ and runs...
Barnard 75

Barnard 80
Barnard 81
Barnard 84
Barnard 84
Barnard 85, dark part of the Trifid Nebula
Trifid Nebula
The Trifid Nebula is an H II region located in Sagittarius. Its name means 'divided into three lobes'...
Barnard 86
Barnard 87
Barnard 88, dark part of the Lagoon Nebula
Lagoon Nebula
The Lagoon Nebula is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius. It is classified as an emission nebula and as an H II region....
Barnard 90
Barnard 92
Barnard 93
Barnard 94
Barnard 95
Barnard 95
Barnard 97
Barnard 100
Barnard 103
Barnard 104
Barnard 107
Barnard 108
Barnard 108
Barnard 109
Barnard 112
Barnard 113
Barnard 116
Barnard 119
Barnard 126
Barnard 128
Barnard 130
Barnard 133
Barnard 136
Barnard 138
Barnard 140
Barnard 141
Barnard 142 - E Nebula
E Nebula
The "E" or "Barnard's E" Nebula is a pair of dark nebula in the Aquila constellation. It is a well-defined dark area on a background of Milky Way consisting of countless stars of all magnitudes...
Barnard 143 - E Nebula
E Nebula
The "E" or "Barnard's E" Nebula is a pair of dark nebula in the Aquila constellation. It is a well-defined dark area on a background of Milky Way consisting of countless stars of all magnitudes...
Barnard 144
Barnard 145
Barnard 146

Barnard 147
Barnard 147
Barnard 147 Is a snake-like dark nebula in the Cygnus constellation. 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...
Barnard 150
Barnard 152
Barnard 153
Barnard 155
Barnard 157
Barnard 159
Barnard 163
Barnard 164
Barnard 168
Barnard 168, dark lane associated with IC 5146
IC 5146
IC 5146 is a reflection/emission nebula and Caldwell object in the constellation Cygnus. IC 5146 refers specifically to the star cluster and Sh2-125 to the nebula. It shines at magnitude +10.0/+9.3/+7.2. Its celestial coordinates are RA , dec...
Barnard 169
Barnard 171
Barnard 175
Barnard 202
Barnard 203
Barnard 210
Barnard 219
Barnard 223
Barnard 225
Barnard 229
Barnard 230
Barnard 234
Barnard 241
Barnard 243
Barnard 244
Barnard 245
Barnard 246
Barnard 250
Barnard 251
Barnard 252
Barnard 254
Barnard 256
Barnard 257
Barnard 259
Barnard 261
Barnard 265
Barnard 266
Barnard 268
Barnard 270

Barnard 272
Barnard 275
Barnard 276
Barnard 277
Barnard 279
Barnard 280
Barnard 281
Barnard 287
Barnard 297
Barnard 303
Barnard 308
Barnard 310
Barnard 312
Barnard 312
Barnard 314
Barnard 320
Barnard 321
Barnard 326
Barnard 327
Barnard 330
Barnard 331
Barnard 333
Barnard 337
Barnard 338
Barnard 339
Barnard 341
Barnard 343
Barnard 344
Barnard 346
Barnard 346
Barnard 347
Barnard 352
Barnard 354
Barnard 356
Barnard 357
Barnard 361
Barnard 363
Barnard 365
Barnard 366

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