NGC 6778
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Planetary Nebula NGC 6778 |
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| Image taken with the Very Large Telescope and the FORS2 instrument | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eagle |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 19h 18m 24.8s |
| declination | -01 ° 35 ′ 47 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Apparent brightness (visual) | 12.3 mag |
| Apparent brightness (B-band) | 13.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.67 ′ × 0.67 ′ |
| Central star | |
| Physical data | |
| distance | 3,200 ly |
| history | |
| discovery |
John Herschel (NGC 6778) Albert Marth (NGC 6785) |
| Date of discovery | May 21, 1825 June 25, 1863 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6778, NGC 6785 • PK 034-06.1 • GC 5942 • ARO 72 | |
NGC 6778 is a planetary nebula in the constellation Eagle , about 3,200 light-years away, discovered by John Herschel on May 21, 1825 .