Red Spider Nebula

At a glance

Type

Planetary nebula

Constellation

Sgr

Right ascension

18h 05m 13.2s

Declination

−19° 51′

Apparent magnitude

11.6

Angular size

0.2x0.1′

Catalogue

NGC6537

Located in Sagittarius.

The outline on your card

A highly collimated pair of lobes is crossed by many radial filaments.

Outline class

Bipolar

Axis ratio

0.55 : 1

Central source

Multiple central stars

Surface brightness

Medium

Recorded structure

Polar lobes · Ansae · Corkscrew

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