PK053+24.1 (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 , PK053+24.1 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:35 (PDT), 83° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 20:47, 83° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:12, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.

Name PK053+24.1
Object type Planetary nebula
Other names
PK 053+24.1[1]
PN-G 053.3+24.0
Position
Right ascension:17h54m [1]
Declination:+27°59' [1]
Constellation:Hercules

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