Planetary nebula · constellation Aur
NGC 2242
NGC 2242PN G170.3+15.8
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 6h 34m 07.2s
- Declination
- +44° 46' 37"
- Size
- 27.0″
- Position angle
- not available
- Magnitude
- 15.0 (V)
- Surface brightness
- 21.89 mag/arcsec²(derived)
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Suggested techniques
- HOO, SHO, NARROWBAND
- Data source
- OpenNGC
This is a Galactic planetary nebula (1988PASP..100.1423M).
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