Planetary nebula · constellation TrA

NGC 5979

NGC 5979ESO 136-003PN G322.5-05.2
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Catalogue data

Right ascension
15h 47m 41.1s
Declination
-61° 13' 04"
Size
7.8″
Position angle
not available
Magnitude
11.5 (V)
Surface brightness
15.70 mag/arcsec²(derived)
Difficulty
2/5
Suggested techniques
HOO, SHO, NARROWBAND
Data source
OpenNGC

The 2MASS position is southeast of the central star.

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