NGC 5844
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Planetary Nebula NGC 5844 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Southern triangle |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15h 10m 40.9s |
| declination | -64 ° 40 ′ 25 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Apparent brightness (B-band) | 13.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.22 ′ |
| Central star | |
| Physical data | |
| Radial velocity | 60 km / s |
| distance | 1372 pc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Date of discovery | May 2, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5844 • ESO 99-PN1 • GC 4041 • h 3591 • PK 317-5.1 • PN G317.1-05.7 • Hen 2-119 | |
NGC 5844 is a 13.2 likes bright planetary nebula in the constellation Southern Triangle and about 1372 parsecs from Earth. It was discovered on May 2, 1835 by John Herschel with an 18-inch reflector telescope, who noted “pB, R, vgvlbM, 60 arcseconds” and “pB, R, vgvlbM, 70 arcseconds” for two observations.