Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ophiuchus (Oph)  ·  Contains:  PGC 214626  ·  PGC 60722  ·  PK027+16.1
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DeHt 2, Peter Goodhew
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DeHt 2  is a faint (mag 14.9) planetary nebula in Ophiuchus. It is estimated to be 6000 to 10,000 light years from Earth. It is small at 94 arc seconds.
It was discovered in 1979 by J. Dengel, H. Hartl and R. Weinberger.
The mag 13.5 spiral galaxy at upper left is UGC10943, located about 115 million light years away.

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