Nebula 068 / 100
Turtle Nebula
NGC6210
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At a glance
- Type
- Planetary nebula
- Constellation
- Her
- Right ascension
- 16h 44m 29.5s
- Declination
- +23° 48′
- Apparent magnitude
- 9.7
- Angular size
- 0.5x0.4′
- Catalogue
- NGC6210
Located in Hercules.
The outline on your card
An irregular, filamentary shell has a fainter outer envelope.
- Outline class
- Patchy
- Axis ratio
- 0.80 : 1
- Central source
- Single central star
- Surface brightness
- Medium
- Recorded structure
- Filaments · Shell · Knots · Cavity
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