Planetary nebula · constellation TrA
NGC 5979
NGC 5979ESO 136-003PN G322.5-05.2
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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