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Sandqvist 149
Sandqvist 149 — Dark Doodad Nebula
Dark Nebula
· MuscaIntermediate
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Target information
- Object type
- Dark Nebula
- Constellation
- Musca
- Right ascension
- 12h 42m 00s
- Declination
- -71° 30′ 00″
- Magnitude
- Not recorded
- Angular size
- 180′ × 20′
- Surface brightness
- Not recorded
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Best months
- Mar-Jun
- Catalog IDs
- Sandqvist 149
About this target
Long narrow dark-nebula complex; framing size follows the commonly imaged dust lane.