Nebula 051 / 100
Saturn Nebula
NGC7009
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At a glance
- Type
- Planetary nebula
- Constellation
- Aqr
- Right ascension
- 21h 04m 10.8s
- Declination
- −11° 22′
- Apparent magnitude
- 8.0
- Angular size
- 0.7x0.5′
- Catalogue
- NGC7009
Located in Aquarius.
The outline on your card
An oval body is flanked by two axial ansae that suggest the rings of Saturn.
- Outline class
- Bipolar
- Axis ratio
- 0.74 : 1
- Position angle
- 70°
- Central source
- Multiple central stars
- Surface brightness
- High
- Recorded structure
- Ansae · Equatorial ring · Polar lobes · Double shell
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