Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Hercules (Her)  ·  Contains:  PGC 1812610  ·  PGC 1817715  ·  PGC 1821082  ·  PGC 1821778  ·  PGC 1824738  ·  PGC 2817010  ·  PGC 3089352  ·  PGC 58246  ·  PK047+42.1
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ABell 39 aka (PK047+42.1), DoubleStarPhotography
ABell 39 aka (PK047+42.1), DoubleStarPhotography

ABell 39 aka (PK047+42.1)

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ABell 39 aka (PK047+42.1), DoubleStarPhotography
ABell 39 aka (PK047+42.1), DoubleStarPhotography

ABell 39 aka (PK047+42.1)

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Abell 39,  also know as PK 047+42.1, is a low surface brightness planetary nebula in the constellation of Hercules. It is the 39th entry in George Abell’s 1966 Abell Catalog of Planetary Nebula (and 27th in his 1955 catalog) of 86 old planetary nebulae which either Abell or Albert George Wilson discovered before August 1955 as part of the National Geographic Society Palomar Observatory Sky Survey. 

It is estimated to be about 3,300 light-years from earth and 4,600 light-years above the Galactic plane. It is almost perfectly spherical and also one of the largest known spheres with a radius of about 1.3 light-years. (wikipedia)

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