Barnard 92

Nebula
Barnard 92 in front of background stars
Observation data: J2000 epoch
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 to B92) is a dark nebula located in the Small Sagittarius Star Cloud. It was discovered by American astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard. It is a component of the larger nebula Sh 2-41.

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 name black hole is used in modern astrophysics to describe a region of spacetime in which gravity is too strong for light to escape.

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