NGC6826 (Planetary nebula)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.

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From South El Monte , NGC6826 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 19:54 (PDT), 70° above your north-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 20:47, 73° above your northern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:12, when it sinks below 21° above your north-western horizon.

Name NGC6826
Object type Planetary nebula
Other names
The Blinking Planetary
C 15[2]
NGC 6826[1]
PK 083+12.1[3]
PN-G 083.5+12.7
Position
Right ascension:19h44m [1]
Declination:+50°31' [1]
Constellation:Cygnus
Magnitude:9.80 (V) [2]
10.02 (B) [1]
9.57 (J) [1]
9.60 (H) [1]
8.90 (K) [1]
Distance:1.1 kpc
3.6 klyr [3]
B-V Color (mag):0.58
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-0.39

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