NGC 2899
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Planetary Nebula NGC 2899 |
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| Image taken with a Very Large Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Sails of the ship |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09h 27m 02.9s |
| declination | -56 ° 06 ′ 22 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Apparent brightness (visual) | 11.8 mag |
| Apparent brightness (B-band) | 12.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.95 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Central star | |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | +0.000011 |
| Radial velocity | +3.4 km / s |
| distance | 3000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Date of discovery | February 27, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2899 • PK 277-3.1 • ESO 166-PN13 • GC 1859 • h 3169 • | |
NGC 2899 is a planetary nebula in the constellation Sails of the Ship and has an angular extent of 2.0 '× 1.0' and an apparent magnitude of 11.8 mag. It was discovered by the British astronomer John Herschel on February 27, 1835 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
- ↑ a b SEDS
- ↑ SIMBAD
- ↑ AAO ( Memento of the original dated August 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Seligman
