NGC 3211
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Planetary Nebula NGC 3211 |
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| Image taken with the New Technology Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Keel of the ship |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10h 17m 50.5s |
| declination | -62 ° 40 ′ 12 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Apparent brightness (visual) | 10.7 mag |
| Apparent brightness (B-band) | 11.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.32 ′ × 0.32 ′ |
| Central star | |
| designation | HD 89516 |
| Apparent brightness | 20.0 mag |
| Spectral class | Pd |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | −0.000074 |
| Radial velocity | −22.3 km / s |
| distance | 9200 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Date of discovery | March 7, 1837 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3211 • PK 286-4.1 • ESO 127-PN15 • GC 2076 • h 3242 • AM 1016-622 | |
NGC 3211 is a planetary nebula in the constellation Kiel des Schiff and has an angular dimension of 0.40 '× 0.28' and an apparent magnitude of 10.7 mag.
The object was discovered on March 7, 1837 by John Herschel .