IC 5148

Planetary nebula IC 5148/5150

Image taken with the Very Large Telescope and the EFOSC instrument
AladinLite
Constellation	crane
Position equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension	21h 59m 35.1s
declination	-39 ° 23 ′ 06 ″
Appearance
Apparent brightness (visual)	+12.0 mag
Angular expansion	2.2 '
Central star
Physical data
distance	2,900 ly
history
discovery	Walter Gale Lewis Swift
Date of discovery	June 4, 1894 July 23, 1897
Catalog names
IC 5148, 5150 • PK 002-52.1 • ESO 344-5 • AM 2156-393

IC 5148 = IC 5150 is a planetary nebula in the constellation Crane , about 2,900 light years away. The fog expands at a speed of more than 50 kilometers per second.

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