NGC 6058
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Planetary Nebula NGC 6058 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16h 04m 26.5s |
| declination | + 40 ° 40 ′ 59 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Apparent brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Apparent brightness (B-band) | 13.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.67 ′ × 0.67 ′ |
| Central star | |
| Physical data | |
| Radial velocity | 1 km / s |
| distance | 3538 pc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Date of discovery | March 18, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6058 • PK 064 + 48 1 • GC 4160 • H III 637 • h 1946 • IRAS 16027 + 4049 | |
NGC 6058 is a 12.9 likes bright planetary nebula in the constellation Hercules and about 3540 parsecs from Earth. It was discovered on March 18, 1787 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who noted "vF, eS, 300 power shewed 2 vS stars with nebulosity".