Barnard Catalog
The Barnard catalog is a catalog of 349 dark clouds north of the declination -35 °. The first version of it was published in 1919 by the American astronomer Edward Barnard , who from around 1900 investigated the nature of non-luminous interstellar matter using photographic means . The extended version appeared in 1927.
The catalog number is usually preceded by a B , e.g. B. B92 for Barnard 92 .
See also:
swell
- Barnard Catalog
- Susanne Friedrich et al: Handbook Astronomy , Chapter Galactic Nebulae. Oculum-Verlag 2015