This is a list of dark nebulae (absorption nebulae), also called "dark clouds".
- 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
- TGU H1453
- 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
- PGCC G207.57-23.04
- PGCC G207.69-22.77
See also the references to names from other cultures at dark cloud constellations: