Object of the Season (Spring 2015)

NGC 6572 in Ophiuchus

Planetary Nebula NGC 6572 in Ophiuchus will be announced in DSO 167, and the results will be published in DSO 169.

NGC6572 - Image Courtesy of Hubble Space Telescope (HST) This image was supplied by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST).

Position (2000)
18 12 06.4 +06 51 15 (Oph)
Visual magnitude
8.1 mag
Central Star
13.6 mag
Size
0.6' x 0.4'
Distance
2500 ly
Other Designations
Σ 6, h 2000, GC 4390, PK 34+11-1, VV 159, ARO 7

Wolfgang Steinicke - Nebulae and Clusters Section Director