NGC6894 (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 , NGC6894 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 20:46 (PDT), 52° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:41, 86° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 05:04, 24° above your western horizon.

Name NGC6894
Object type Planetary nebula
Other names
The Little Ring Nebula
NGC 6894[1]
PK 069-02.1[2]
PN-G 069.4-02.6
Position
Right ascension:20h16m [1]
Declination:+30°33' [1]
Constellation:Cygnus
Magnitude:12.30 (V) [1]
14.40 (B) [1]
Angular dimensions:0.7 arcmin x 0.7 arcmin
Distance:1.9 kpc
6.2 klyr [2]
B-V Color (mag):2.10
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):0.91

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