This is a list of dark nebulae (absorption nebulae), also called "dark clouds".

• Finger of God Globule

• E Nebula ( Barnard 142 and 143)
• Barnard 68, possibly the closest to Earth at about 400 light-years.
• Le Gentil 3
• Sandqvist 111
• Sandqvist 112
• Sandqvist 150
• Sandqvist 155
• Sandqvist 157
• Sandqvist 166
• Sandqvist 169
• Sandqvist 171
• Sandqvist 178
• Bernes 157 (Sandqvist and Lindroos, SL 39-41), another close dark nebula of the Corona Australis Molecular Cloud, which includes NGC 6729
• SL 41
• LDN 43 (Cosmic Bat Nebula)
• LDN 193
• LDN 206
• LDN 208
• LDN 535
• LDN 615
• LDN 621
• LDN 624
• LDN 673
• LDN 688 and LDN 687
• LDN 695
• LDN 749
• LDN 762
• LDN 763 and LDN 764
• LDN 750
• LDN 771
• LDN 780
• LDN 790
• LDN 792
• LDN 793
• LDN 794
• LDN 795
• LDN 796
• LDN 798
• LDN 866
• LDN 898
• LDN 921
• LDN 923 and LDN 924
• LDN 925
• LDN 930
• LDN 935
• LDN 940
• LDN 950
• LDN 954
• LDN 958
• LDN 972
• LDN 1010
• LDN 1020
• LDN 1066
• LDN 1073
• LDN 1083
• LDN 1105
• LDN 1109
• LDN 1139
• LDN 1141
• LDN 1142
• LDN 1150
• LDN 1153, LDN 1143,and LDN 1151 are a part of Barnard 169.
• LDN 1206
• LDN 1207
• LDN 1208
• LDN 1209
• LDN 1214
• LDN 1154
• LDN 1210
• LDN 1211
• LDN 1215
• LDN 1216
• LDN 1235
• LDN 1378
• LDN 1379
• LDN 1380
• LDN 1381
• LDN 1382
• LDN 1383
• LDN 1384
• LDN 1385
• LDN 1386
• LDN 1450,A ( Barnard 205), B, C, and E around NGC 1333
• LDN 1468
• LDN 1470
• LDN 1510
• LDN 1530
• LDN 1630
• LDN 1635
• LDN 1641
• DOBASHI 264
• DOBASHI 294
• DOBASHI 298
• DOBASHI 318
• DOBASHI 2251
• DOBASHI 2255
• DOBASHI 2511
• DOBASHI 2666
• DOBASHI 2680
• DOBASHI 2682
• DOBASHI 3210
• DOBASHI 3215
• DOBASHI 3368
• DOBASHI 3381
• DOBASHI 3387
• DOBASHI 3391
• DOBASHI 3413
• DOBASHI 3937
• DOBASHI 4063, DOBASHI 4064, and DOBASHI 4067, which together make up LDN 1399.
• DOBASHI 4076 and DOBASHI 4073, which together make up LDN 1405.
• DOBASHI 4069
• DOBASHI 4202
• DOBASHI 6346
• TGU H442 P3
• TGU H442 P5
• TGU H444 P1
• TGU H445
• TGU H469 P18
• TGU H482 P1
• TGU H488 P2
• TGU H632
• TGU H1085 P3
• TGU H1085 P12
• TGU H1198 P4
• TGU H1210
• PGCC G141.48+01.45
• PGCC G160.12-18.31
• PGCC G160.85-35.85
• PGCC G161.29-36.02
• PGCC G161.67-35.92
• PGCC G161.54-38.48

See also the references to names from other cultures at dark cloud constellations:

• Coalsack Nebula
• Cone Nebula
• Dark Doodad Nebula
• Dark Horse Nebula
• Horsehead Nebula ( Barnard 33)
• Pipe Nebula (also see Dark Horse Nebula; includes Barnard 59, 77 and 78)
• Snake Nebula (also see Dark Horse Nebula)
• Keyhole Nebula

• Lists of astronomical objects
• Dark nebula constellation
• Nebula
• Dark nebulae
• Bok globules
• Barnard Catalogue
• Lynds' Catalogue of Dark Nebulae

• East Valley Astronomical Society Barnard Dark Nebulae Observing Program Archived 2007-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
• Barnard's Catalog