IC 3568
Planetary nebula data from IC 3568 |
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Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | giraffe |
Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 12h 33m 06.9s |
declination | + 82 ° 33 ′ 49 ″ |
Appearance | |
Apparent brightness (visual) | 11.1 mag |
Apparent brightness (B-band) | 11.4 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.17 ′ × 0.17 ′ |
Central star | |
designation | HD 109540 |
Apparent brightness | 20.0 mag |
Spectral class | Pd |
Physical data | |
Redshift | (−133 ± 7) · 10 −6 |
Radial velocity | (−39.3 ± 2.0) km / s |
history | |
discovery | Robert Grant Aitken |
Date of discovery | August 31, 1900 |
Catalog names | |
IC 3568 • PK 123 + 34.1 • UGC 7731 • PGC 41662 |
IC 3568 , also known as the Lemon Slice Nebula , is a planetary nebula in the constellation Giraffe . It was discovered on August 31, 1900 by the American astronomer Robert Grant Aitken . The nebula was also (incorrectly) included in the Uppsala General Catalog and Principal Galaxies Catalog , which otherwise only contain galaxies.
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