The Apple Core Nebula (M27)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , the Apple Core Nebula is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:41 (EDT), 44° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 01:01, 70° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 03:56, 48° above your western horizon.
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Name
The Apple Core Nebula (M27)
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Object type
Planetary nebula
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 19h59m [2] |
| Declination: | +22°43' [2] |
| Constellation: | Vulpecula |
| Magnitude: | 7.40 (V) [2] 7.60 (B) [2] 11.79 (J) [2] 10.61 (H) [2] |
| Distance: | 320.0 parsec 1043.2 lightyrs [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.20 |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.13 |
Sources