NGC 6905
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Planetary Nebula NGC 6905 |
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| Image taken with the Very Large Telescope and the FORS2 instrument | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | dolphin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 20h 22m 23.0s |
| declination | + 20 ° 06 ′ 16 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Apparent brightness (visual) | 11.1 mag |
| Apparent brightness (B-band) | 11.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ' |
| Central star | |
| Physical data | |
| distance | 3,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Date of discovery | September 16, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6905 • PK 61-9.1 • GC 4572 • H IV 16 • h 2075 • ARO 75, Hen 2-466 | |
NGC 6905 is a planetary nebula discovered by William Herschel on September 16, 1784. It is located about 3,000 light years away in the dolphin constellation .