Nebula 053 / 100
Bug Nebula
NGC6302
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At a glance
- Type
- Planetary nebula
- Constellation
- Sco
- Right ascension
- 17h 13m 44.6s
- Declination
- −37° 06′
- Apparent magnitude
- 9.6
- Angular size
- 0.7x0.4′
- Catalogue
- NGC6302
Located in Scorpius.
The outline on your card
A thin dark waist sends out two bright lobes, viewed nearly edge-on.
- Outline class
- Bipolar
- Axis ratio
- 0.55 : 1
- Central source
- Multiple central stars
- Surface brightness
- High
- Recorded structure
- Polar lobes · Equatorial ring · Bright rim · Waist band
The card front carries no text by design: the glyph is drawn from this object's own silhouette, so the outline is the only clue you get until you scan it.
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