Nebula 047 / 100
Dumbbell Nebula
NGC6853
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At a glance
- Type
- Planetary nebula
- Constellation
- Vul
- Right ascension
- 19h 59m 36.5s
- Declination
- +22° 43′
- Apparent magnitude
- 7.4
- Angular size
- 6.7x3.7′
- Catalogue
- NGC6853
Located in Vulpecula.
The outline on your card
Two bright lobes meet at a waist, giving a dumbbell or hourglass outline.
- Outline class
- Bipolar
- Axis ratio
- 0.55 : 1
- Central source
- Single central star
- Surface brightness
- High
- Recorded structure
- Equatorial ring · Polar lobes · Bright bar · Twin lobes
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