NGC 6886
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Planetary Nebula NGC 6886 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | arrow |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 20h 12m 42.8s |
| declination | + 19 ° 59 ′ 24 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Apparent brightness (visual) | 11.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 5.5 " |
| Central star | |
| Apparent brightness | 18.8 mag |
| Physical data | |
| distance | approx. 7000 ly (approx. 2000 pc ) |
| history | |
| discovery | Ralph Copeland |
| Date of discovery | September 17, 1884 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6886 • PK 60-7.2 • PN G060.1-07.7 • | |
NGC 6886 is a planetary nebula in the constellation Sagitta about 2 kpc away .
The object was discovered by Ralph Copeland on September 17, 1884 .
literature
- Siek Hyung, Charles Keyes, Lawrence Aller : The spectrum of the planetary nebula NGC 6886. In Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , Volume 272, Issue 1, pages 49-60. 1995.