Nebula 071 / 100
Skull Nebula
NGC0246
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At a glance
- Type
- Planetary nebula
- Constellation
- Cet
- Right ascension
- 0h 47m 03.4s
- Declination
- −11° 52′
- Apparent magnitude
- 10.9
- Angular size
- 4.1x4.1′
- Catalogue
- NGC0246
Located in Cetus.
The outline on your card
A faint ring with two darker regions suggests a skull.
- Outline class
- Ring
- Axis ratio
- 1.00 : 1
- Central source
- Single central star
- Surface brightness
- Medium
- Recorded structure
- Shell · Cavity · Central bar
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