Nebula 057 / 100
Blue Planetary
NGC3918
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At a glance
- Type
- Planetary nebula
- Constellation
- Cen
- Right ascension
- 11h 50m 18.0s
- Declination
- −57° 11′
- Apparent magnitude
- 8.1
- Angular size
- 0.3x0.3′
- Catalogue
- NGC3918
Located in Centaurus.
The outline on your card
A small, intense blue-green disc with a smooth ring-like shell.
- Outline class
- Ring
- Axis ratio
- 1.00 : 1
- Central source
- Single central star
- Surface brightness
- High
- Recorded structure
- Shell · Cavity · Inner ring
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