PK051+09.1 (Planetary nebula)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , PK051+09.1 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:35 (PDT), 70° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:42, 76° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:50, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
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Name
PK051+09.1
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Object type
Planetary nebula
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Position
| Right ascension: | 18h49m [1] |
| Declination: | +20°50' [1] |
| Constellation: | Hercules |
| Distance: | 1.0 kpc 3.3 klyr [1] |