Object of the Season (Summer 2016)
Planetary Nebula NGC 7009 in Aquarius
This image was supplied by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST).
The planetary nebula NGC 7009 in Aquarius will be announced in DSO 172, and the results will be published in DSO 174.
- Name
- NGC 7009
- Position (2000)
- 21 04 10.9 -11 21 48 (Aqr)
- Type
- Planetary Nebula
- Visual magnitude
- 8.0 mag
- Central star
- 11.5 mag (HIP 103992)
- Size
- 41" x 35"
- Distance
- 2,400 ly
- Other Designations
- IV 1, h 2098, GC 4628, PK 37+34.1, Caldwell 55
Wolfgang Steinicke - Nebulae and Clusters Section Director