Barnard 347
  Cygnus / the swan

Sahara Sky / Morocco (670m)
10/12/2012   

16" f/4.5 Dobson
   100x / 150x

SQM max. 21.51 mag/arcsecē (zenith)
Seeing II


Observation/sketch approx. 30 minutes

 

 

approx. 4'  





>Memo< Difficult. The nebula is far less prominent than photographs show. B347 is part of an intense
H II region - IC1318 surrounding Gamma Cygni. The markable group of stars in the NE makes it easier to identify. The nebula appears as a "short thick line" from the NE to SW, small bulge to the S. To the SW it diffuses into the star field.