Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Chamaeleon (Cha)  ·  Contains:  NGC 3195
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C109 Planetary Nebula, NGC 3195, Adel Kildeev
C109 Planetary Nebula, NGC 3195
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C109 Planetary Nebula, NGC 3195

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NGC 3195 is a planetary nebula located in the constellation Chamaeleon. It is the most southern of all the bright sizable planetary nebula in the sky, and remains invisible to all northern observers. Discovered by Sir John Herschel in 1835, this 11.6 apparent magnitude planetary nebula is slightly oval in shape, with dimensions of 40×35 arc seconds, and can be seen visually in telescopic apertures of 10.5 centimetres (4.1 in) at low magnifications. The distance is 5500 light years from the Earth.

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C109 Planetary Nebula, NGC 3195, Adel Kildeev