Barnard 163
Barnard 163 is a dark nebula within IC1396, a very large emission nebula complex. 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 Barnards star, the second closest known star system to Earth.
| Observatory: | Kitt Peak National Observatory Kitt Peak, Arizona |
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| Telescope: | KPNO 4-Meter |
| Instrument: | Mosaic I |
| Astronomer: | T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOAO/AURA/NSF) |
| Date of Observation: | 06-20-2006 |
| Filters and Assigned Colors: | B (blue), V (green), R (orange) and Hydrogen-Alpha (red) |
| Exposure Times: | 5x4min for BVI, 5x8min for H-alpha |
| Location of Image: | Cepheus |
| Field of View: | 36.0 x 35.6 arcmin |
| Orientation: | North is up, East is to the left |
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