Nebula 060 / 100
Spiral Planetary Nebula
NGC5189
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At a glance
- Type
- Planetary nebula
- Constellation
- Mus
- Right ascension
- 13h 33m 32.9s
- Declination
- −65° 58′
- Apparent magnitude
- 10.3
- Angular size
- 2.3x1.3′
- Catalogue
- NGC5189
Located in Musca.
The outline on your card
A strongly S-shaped pair of lobes gives a spiral or chaotic multipolar outline.
- Outline class
- Bipolar
- Axis ratio
- 0.55 : 1
- Central source
- Multiple central stars
- Surface brightness
- Medium
- Recorded structure
- Polar lobes · Filaments · Knots · Spiral streaks
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