NGC 6790

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Planetary Nebula
NGC 6790
Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope
Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope
AladinLite
Constellation Eagle
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 19h 22m 56.9s
declination + 01 ° 30 ′ 48 ″
Appearance
Apparent brightness  (visual) 10.5 mag 
Apparent brightness  (B-band) 10.2 mag 
Angular expansion 0.17 ′ × 0.17 ′  
Central star
designation HD 182083 
Physical data
Redshift +0.000139 ± 0.000007 
Radial velocity +42 ± 2 km / s 
distance approx. 10000 ly
(approx. 3200 pc ) 
history
discovery EC Pickering
Date of discovery July 16, 1882
Catalog names
 NGC  6790 •  PK  37-6.1 •

NGC 6790 is a planetary nebula in the constellation Eagle , which is approximately 10,000 light years from Earth .

The object was discovered on July 16, 1882 by the American astronomer Edward Charles Pickering .

Web links

Commons : NGC 6790  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. ↑ a b SEDS: NGC 6790
  3. ↑ a b SIMBAD
  4. ^ Gallery of Planetary Nebulae, Williams College Astronomy, Massachusetts
  5. ↑ Seligman