EGB 6 - Faint Planetary Nebula in Leo (Jerry Macon)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Leo (Leo) · Contains: PK221+46.1

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EGB 6 - Faint Planetary Nebula in Leo

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EGB 6 - Faint Planetary Nebula in Leo

Imaged on nights of 3/2/2021, 3/5/2021, 3/6/2021, 3/8/2021, 3/29/2021, 3/30/2021, 3/31/2021

This in an incredibly faint object – EGB 6 – discovered by Ellis, Grayson, and Bond in 1984 in a visual search through prints from the Palomar Sky Survey. Here is a link to their original paper.

http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1984PASP...96..283E

EGB6 is an old and hence large planetary nebula with extremely low surface brightness.

https://astrodonimaging.com/gallery/egb-6-faint-planetary-nebula-in-leo/

Ellis Grayson Bond (EGB) 6 is a large, planetary nebula in the constellation of Leo, having a size of 11' x 13' with low surface brightness. This faint nebula was discovered by Bond in 1984 from Palomar Sky Survey prints. It is 1,500 light years distant with an age of ~60,000 years. It has a very hot (110,000 K) white dwarf central star (WD0950 + 139), which has been the subject of much research regarding the evolution of stars and the formation of planetary nebula. Initial suggestions that this star may actually be a binary was validated recently with HST images.

This star is easily visible as the tiny blue star in the center of the nebula.

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RA (center)	09h52m57s.515
RA (top/left)	09h54m02s.548
RA (top/right)	09h54m04s.514
RA (bottom/right)	09h51m52s.194
RA (bottom/left)	09h51m50s.665

Dec (center)	+13°44′30″.36
Dec (top/left)	+13°20′19″.29
Dec (top/right)	+14°08′23″.70
Dec (bottom/right)	+14°08′39″.70
Dec (bottom/left)	+13°20′36″.30

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