(IAAC) Obj: B143, Barnard "E" cloud - Inst: Vixen 9x63 binoculars

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Observation Poster: Stéphane Meloche <stephanemeloche at videotron.ca>

Observer: Stéphane Meloche
Your skills: Advanced (many years)
Date/time of observation: 2007/07/22 6h08 UT
Location of site: St-Joseph-de-Coleraine (Qc) Canada (Lat 45.96°, Elev )
Site classification: Exurban
Sky darkness: 5.8 <Limiting magnitude>
Seeing:  <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: Vixen 9x63 binoculars
Magnification: 
Filter(s): 
Object(s): B143, Barnard "E" cloud
Category: Dark nebula.
Class: Opacity = 6
Constellation: Aql
Data: mag   size 30'
Position: RA 19:40.7  DEC 10:57
Description:
In Aquila, at ~ 1° E of Tarazed (Gamma Aql). Dark nebula very easy to observe.
At the beginning, I believed that the strong brightness of Altaïr (Alpha Aql)
and Tarazed were going to harm the observation, but their proximity of B143 is
negligible. The nebula is really dark and draws a “L” rather than a “E”, simply
because the E is supplemented by B142. Contours are very well defined and it
dissociates the object very well from the deep sky sky.
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