NGC 4361
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Planetary nebula data from NGC 4361 |
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| Infrared image of NGC 4361 with the Spitzer Space Telescope . | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Crow |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12h 24m 30.7s |
| declination | -18 ° 47 ′ 05 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Apparent brightness (visual) | 10.9 likes |
| Apparent brightness (B-band) | 10.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.1 ′ × 2.1 ′ |
| Central star | |
| designation | HD 107969 |
| Apparent brightness | 20.00 likes |
| Spectral class | Pf |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 33 · 10 −6 |
| Radial velocity | +10 km / s |
| distance | 2500 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Date of discovery | February 7, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4361 • PK 294 + 43.1 • ESO 573-PN19 • GC 2917 • H I 65 • h 1231 • CS 13.2 | |
NGC 4361 is the name of a planetary nebula in the constellation Raven . NGC 4361 is 2.1 'in diameter and has an apparent magnitude of 10.9 mag. In the constellation Raven, it is the brightest planetary nebula.
The planetary nebula NGC 4361 was discovered on February 7, 1785 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel and later listed in the New General Catalog by Johan Dreyer .
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