Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Cetus (Cet)  ·  Contains:  NGC 246  ·  NGC 255
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NGC 246 and some of its companions, Ari Paulechen Junior
NGC 246 and some of its companions
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NGC 246 and some of its companions

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NGC 246 and some of its companions, Ari Paulechen Junior
NGC 246 and some of its companions
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NGC 246 and some of its companions

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In this image we can see 3 prominent objects, first we see NGC 246, a beautiful planetary nebula, emitting mainly in blue, the second object to capture our attention is at the bottom left, where we can see a yellow star of type G, HD 4395, and just above it a beautiful and faint warped galaxy, PGC 2689. Lastly we have a beautiful barred spiral galaxy, NGC 255.

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NGC 246 and some of its companions, Ari Paulechen Junior