PK051+09.1 (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 , PK051+09.1 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:18 (PDT), 41° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:55, 76° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:31, 40° above your western horizon.

Name PK051+09.1
Object type Planetary nebula
Other names
PK 051+09.1[1]
PN-G 051.4+09.6
Position
Right ascension:18h49m [1]
Declination:+20°50' [1]
Constellation:Hercules
Distance:1.0 kpc
3.3 klyr [1]

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