NGC 6565
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Planetary Nebula NGC 6565 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Sagittarius |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 18h 11m 52.6s |
| declination | -28 ° 10 ′ 42 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Apparent brightness (visual) | 10.0 mag |
| Apparent brightness (B-band) | 12.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.23 ′ × 0.23 ′ |
| Central star | |
| designation | HD 166468 |
| Apparent brightness | 20.0 mag |
| Spectral class | Pc |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | −0.000016 ± 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | (−4.9 ± 2) km / s |
| distance | 7000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Edward C. Pickering |
| Date of discovery | July 14, 1880 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6565 • PK 3-4.5 • ESO 456-PN70 • | |
NGC 6565 is a planetary nebula in the constellation Sagittarius , which is approximately 7,000 light years from Earth .
NGC 6565 was discovered on July 14, 1880 by the American astronomer Edward Charles Pickering .
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