| Nebula | |
|---|---|
 Barnard 92 in front of background stars | |
| Observation data: J2000epoch | |
| Right ascension | 18h 15.5m[1] |
| Declination | −18° 13′[1] |
| Apparent diameter | 12.0′ × 12.0′[1] |
| See also:Lists of nebulae | |
Barnard 92 (abbreviated toB92) is adark nebula located in theSmall Sagittarius Star Cloud. It was discovered by American astronomerEdward Emerson Barnard.
B92 was initially referred to as "the black hole,"[2] given its appearance, after it was first catalogued in 1913.[3] It was later discovered to be a dark nebula, and the title is now misleading, as the nameblack hole is used in modernastrophysics to describe a region ofspacetime in whichgravity is too strong for light to escape.
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