The Barnard Catalogue is an astronomical catalogue of dark nebulae. A version of the Barnard Catalogue, containing 349 objects, can be accessed via VizieR.
History In 1919, the American astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard compiled a list of dark nebulae known as the Barnard Catalogue of Dark Markings in the Sky, or the Barnard Catalogue for short. The nebulae listed by Barnard have become known as Barnard objects. A 1919 version of the catalogue listed 182 nebulae; the posthumously published 1927 version lists 369. Barnard's niece and assistant Mary Ross Calvert, also an astronomer and astrographer, took an important part in creating the catalogue.
See also List of dark nebulae Lynds' Catalogue of Dark Nebulae
References
Lynds, Beverly T. (1962). "Catalogue of Dark Nebulae". Astrophysical Journal Supplement. 7: 1. Bibcode:1962ApJS....7....1L. doi:10.1086/190072.
Further reading Hunter, Tim B., Dobek, Gerald O. and McGaha, James E. (2023). The Barnard Objects: Then and Now. Springer. ISBN 9783031314841.
External links Barnard's Catalogue of 349 Dark Objects in the Sky, VizieR listing at CDS