NGC 6891

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Planetary nebula
data from NGC 6891
Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope
Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope
AladinLite
Constellation dolphin
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 20h 15m 08.8s
declination + 12 ° 42 ′ 16 ″
Appearance
Apparent brightness  (visual) +10.5 mag 
Apparent brightness  (B-band) +11.7 mag 
Angular expansion 0.35 ′ × 0.35 ′  
Central star
designation HD 192563 
Physical data
Redshift +0.000140 
Radial velocity +42.1 km / s 
distance 7200 ly 
history
discovery Ralph Copeland
Date of discovery September 22, 1884
Catalog names
 NGC  6891 •  PK  54-12.1 • CS 12.4

NGC 6891 is the name of a planetary nebula in the constellation Dolphin . NGC 6891 has an angular extent of 0.35 'and an apparent magnitude of 10.5 mag.

The object was discovered on September 22, 1884 by the Scottish astronomer Ralph Copeland .

Web links

Commons : NGC 6891  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b SEDS: NGC 6891
  3. a b SIMBAD
  4. Seligman