Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Aquila (Aql)  ·  Contains:  The star χAql
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B142 - B143, Roberto Marinoni
B142 - B143
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B142 - B143, Roberto Marinoni
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Barnard 142 (on the right of the image) and Barnard 143 (on the left) are a couple of dark nebulae in Aquila constellation. 
This couple is also known with the name of E nebula due to the resemblance to this letter.
B143 is the darkest and also the largest and completely masks the light of the stars behind it, while B142 is less dense, allowing some background starlight to pass through.
The distance of the two nebulae complexes is estimated at about 2000 light years from us.
This image is a crop of the original image field due to an annoying reflection of the near bright star Gamma Aquilae.

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