Barnard 68 is a molecular cloud, dark absorption nebula or Bok globule, towards the southern constellation Ophiuchus and well within our own galaxy at a distance of about 400 light-years, so close that not a single star can be seen between it and the Sun.

Distance to Earth: 500 light years

Radius: 0.25 light years

Constellation: Ophiuchus

Right ascension: 17^h 22^m 38.2^s