Vy 1-2
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Planetary nebula Vy 1-2 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 17h 54m 22.98s |
| declination | + 27 ° 59 ′ 58.1 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Angular expansion | 2.3 ″ |
| Central star | |
| Physical data | |
| distance | 4,700 pc |
| history | |
| discovery | Alexander N. Vyssotsky |
| Date of discovery | 1942 |
| Catalog names | |
| PK 053 + 24 1 • PN G053.3 + 24.0 • | |
Vy 1-2 is a planetary nebula , the discovery of which was published by Alexander N. Vyssotsky in 1942. It is located 4,700 kpc , according to previous studies 5,700 kpc, corresponding to 15,300 and 18,600 light-years away in the constellation Hercules .
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- ↑ Simbad
- ^ A b W. J. Maciel: A catalog of distances of planetary nebulae , bibcode : 1984A & AS ... 55..253M
- ^ TO Vyssotsky: Four new planetary nebulae. bibcode : 1942PASP ... 54..152V
- ↑ A. Acker: A new synthetic distance scale for planetary nebulae , bibcode : 1978A & AS ... 33..367A