The Blue Snowball (NGC7662)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , the Blue Snowball is visible all night. It will become visible at around 20:35 (PDT), 24° above your north-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 02:22, 81° above your northern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 05:11, 55° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
The Blue Snowball (NGC7662)
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Object type
Planetary nebula
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Position
| Right ascension: | 23h25m [1] |
| Declination: | +42°32' [1] |
| Constellation: | Andromeda |
| Magnitude: | 9.20 (V) [2] 9.20 (B) [1] |
| Distance: | 980.0 parsec 3194.8 lightyrs [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.90 |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.76 |
Sources