Phantom Streak Nebula

At a glance

Type

Planetary nebula

Constellation

Aql

Right ascension

19h 02m 37.0s

Declination

−0° 27′

Apparent magnitude

11.5

Angular size

0.1x0.1′

Catalogue

NGC6741

Located in Aquila.

The outline on your card

A small elliptical shell is stretched into a faint streak along its long axis.

Outline class

Bipolar

Axis ratio

0.55 : 1

Central source

Single central star

Surface brightness

Medium

Recorded structure

Polar lobes · Filaments · Polar caps

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