NGC 7139

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Planetary nebula
data from NGC 7139
NGC7139 Zoom.jpg
AladinLite
Constellation Cepheus
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 21h 46m 08.6s
declination + 63 ° 47 ′ 31 ″
Appearance
Apparent brightness  (visual) 13.3 mag 
Apparent brightness  (B-band) 13.0 likes 
Angular expansion 1.28 ′ × 1.28 ′  
Central star
Physical data
Redshift −0.000181 
Radial velocity −54.2 km / s 
distance 4300 ly 
history
discovery Wilhelm Herschel
Date of discovery November 5, 1787
Catalog names
 NGC  7139 •  PK  104 + 7.1 •  GC  4706 •  H  III 696 •

NGC 7139 is a planetary nebula in the constellation Cepheus , which is approximately 4,300 light years from Earth . NGC  7139 was discovered on November 5, 1787 by the German-British astronomer Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel .

Web links

Commons : NGC 7139  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b SEDS: NGC 7139
  3. SIMBAD database
  4. Skyhound
  5. Seligman