Abell 8 and Bica 6 (Gary Imm)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Auriga (Aur)

Abell 8 and Bica 6

This rarely imaged object, also known as PN G167.0–00.9, is a planetary nebula located 5200 light years away in the constellation of Auriga at a declination of +39 degrees. This PN spans 1 arc-minute in our apparent view, which corresponds to a diameter of 1.5 light years.

I don't see a central progenitor star in this PN, which is unusual, and I don't see any real structure in the nebula. The nebula appears as soft white because the Ha and OIII signals were similar in their weak strength.

A recent paper confirmed that Abell 8 is a member of the Bica 6 open star cluster of over 100 stars. The Bica 6 cluster is almost wholly contained within this image and is centered above and right of Abell 8. Few PNs have been confirmed as members of a star cluster.

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RA (center)	05h06m38s.220
RA (top/left)	05h07m39s.601
RA (top/right)	05h05m31s.393
RA (bottom/right)	05h05m36s.714
RA (bottom/left)	05h07m44s.403

Dec (center)	+39°08′10″.20
Dec (top/left)	+39°17′25″.44
Dec (top/right)	+39°15′59″.99
Dec (bottom/right)	+38°58′53″.14
Dec (bottom/left)	+39°00′18″.60

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