NGC 6741
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Planetary Nebula NGC 6741 |
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| The planetary nebula NGC 6741 as captured by the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eagle |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 19h 02m 37.0s |
| declination | -00 ° 26 ′ 58 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Apparent brightness (visual) | 11.5 likes |
| Apparent brightness (B-band) | 10.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | Main part: approx. 7 ″ × 5 ″ spherical halo: approx. 15 ″ |
| Central star | |
| Apparent brightness | (20.09 ± 0.05) mag |
| Physical data | |
| distance | approx. 7000 ly (approx. 2000 pc ) |
| diameter | about 0.04 pc x 0.02 pc x 0.02 pc |
| Age | approx. 1400 years |
| history | |
| discovery | Edward C. Pickering |
| Date of discovery | August 19, 1882 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6741 • PK 33 −2 ° 1 • PN G033.8-02.6 | |
NGC 6741 , also known as Phantom Streak Nebula , is a planetary nebula located around 7,000 light years away in the constellation of Eagle . It was discovered by Edward Charles Pickering in 1882 .
NGC 6741 - amateur recording - Gögglingen observatory - Rüdiger Graf
