{"id":502,"date":"2009-11-04T23:20:28","date_gmt":"2009-11-04T23:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2009\/11\/04\/barnard_142143\/"},"modified":"2021-11-28T01:29:06","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T01:29:06","slug":"barnard_142143","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2009\/11\/04\/barnard_142143\/","title":{"rendered":"Barnard 142\/143 (Barnard&#8217;s E)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"imageblock\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2009\/img2009050201_B142_B143lg.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2009\/img2009050201_B142_B143.jpg\" alt=\"Sketch of Barnard 142 and Barnard 143 (B142\/B143 - Barnard's E)\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Sketch of Barnard 142\/143 (Barnard&#8217;s E)<\/p>\n<p><i>Click image to view larger version.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Observation Notes<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Barnard&#8217;s E was a beautiful binocular sight amid the mist of stars in the Milky Way. In addition to the three arms and upper stem of the &#8216;E&#8217;, there were additional faint points and webbed extensions primarily to the east. Another long, slender thread ran westward from the southern arm.<\/p>\n<p>I used a charcoal base across the whole field, and then vinyl and kneaded erasers to delete the shape of the nebula itself.<\/p>\n<div class=\"imageblock\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2009\/img2009050201_B142_B143dss.jpg\" alt=\"Sketch\/DSS Photo Comparison of Barnard 142\/Barnard 143 (B142\/B143 - Barnard's E)\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Sketch\/DSS Photo Comparison of Barnard 142\/143 (Barnard&#8217;s E)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<table class=\"objectdata\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Subject<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Barnard 142\/Barnard 143 (Barnard&#8217;s E)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Classification<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Dark Nebula<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Position*<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Aquila: [RA: 19:39:41 \/ Dec. +10:31:00]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Size*<\/b><\/td>\n<td>45&#8242; x 65&#8242;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Date\/Time<\/b><\/td>\n<td>MAY 2, 2009 &#8211; 03:00 AM<br \/>\n(MAY 2, 2009 &#8211; 10:00 UT)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Observing Loc.<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Sunset Crater National Monument, Arizona<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Instrument<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Oberwerk 15 x 70 Binoculars<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Eyepieces\/Mag.<\/b><\/td>\n<td>&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Conditions<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Clear, calm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Seeing<\/b><\/td>\n<td>5\/10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Transparency<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Mag 7.0 NELM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>*Sources<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Starry Night Pro Plus 5; <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.stsci.edu\/dss\/acknowledging.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DSS<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barnard 142<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,40,77,19,42,95,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deep-sky","category-diffuse-nebula","category-sg-dark-nebula","category-sg-deep-sky","category-sg-nebula","category-sgc-aquila","category-sketch-gallery"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":478,"url":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2009\/07\/01\/drawn_to_the_un_3\/","url_meta":{"origin":502,"position":0},"title":"Drawn to the UniverseJUL 2009 &#8211; Barnard 142\/143","author":"jperez1690","date":"July 1, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The July issue of Astronomy Now is available. 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