Abell 30

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Planetary Nebula
Abell 30
Abell 30 imaged with the 4 m Mayall telescope using line filters: Hα is red, OIII is green and a broadband filter is shown in blue.
Abell 30 imaged with the 4 m Mayall telescope using line filters : Hα is red, OIII is green and a broadband filter is shown in blue.
AladinLite
Constellation cancer
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 08h 46m 53.492s
declination + 17 ° 52 ′ 46.83 ″
Appearance
Angular expansion 2.1 ′ × 2.1 ′  
Central star
Physical data
distance 1300 pc 
diameter 0.8 pc
history
discovery George Ogden Abell
Catalog names
 PK  208 + 33 1 • PN G208.5 + 33.2 • IRAS F08440 + 1803

Abell 30 is a planetary nebula in the constellation Cancer , the discovery and properties of which George Ogden Abell cataloged in 1966. The structure of the nebula was studied with the 4-meter Mayall Telescope at the Kitt Peak National Observatory , the Hubble Space Telescope, and in the X-ray range with the Chandra Space Telescope .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ SIMBAD
  2. ↑ a b c d George Ogden Abell: Properties of Some Old Planetary Nebulae , bibcode : 1966ApJ ... 144..259A
  3. ↑ Abell 30: X-rays from a Reborn Planetary Nebula