Barnard 104 Dark Nebula
Constellation: Scutum
Barnard 104 is sometimes called the Fishhook Nebula. Dark nebulae are opaque clouds of dust and gas in space that block the light of stars behind them. B104 has an apparent size of 20 x 10 arcminutes. It is located 15 arcminutes north of the yellow-giant star Beta Scuti which shines at magnitude 4.2. Beta Scuti is located 690 light-years away. Barnard 104 was cataloged by E. E. Barnard in 1913.
Taken 9/9/18 in Agawna Bay Lake Superior Provential Park, Canada by Russell Kille on a CPC 1100 with Hyperstar @ F2 and ZWO ASI294MC Pro camera
Barnard 104is the smaller dark nebula on the right just above the bright yellow-giant star Beta Scuti.